Country surveillance · BR · active reporting

🇧🇷Hantavirus in Brazil

As of 2026-05-14, Hantavirus Tracker has detected 8 hantavirus signals in Brazil (active reporting). The most recent report was published 1d ago via Google News (PT).

Key facts · Brazil

Country
Brazil (BR)
Region
the Americas
Predominant syndrome
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) (ICD-10 B33.4)
Principal reservoir
rice rats, cotton rats, and other New World cricetid rodents that shed virus in their urine, feces, and saliva
Recent signal count
8 (active reporting)
Latest source
Google News (PT) · 1d ago

Recent hantavirus signals · Brazil

  1. 01OMS descarta indícios de "surto maior" de hantavírus - Agência BrasilGoogle News (PT) · 1d ago
  2. 02Hantavírus no Brasil: dados apontam tendência de redução de casos - CNN BrasilGoogle News (PT) · 2d ago
  3. 03Hantavírus no Brasil mata quase metade dos infectados: onde há mais risco (e por que não tem a ver com surto em cruzeiro) - BBCGoogle News (PT) · 2d ago
  4. 04Hantavírus: quais são as características da doença e de sua transmissão? - CNN BrasilGoogle News (PT) · 2d ago
  5. 05OMS confirma sete casos de hantavírus andino em passageiros de cruzeiro - CNN BrasilGoogle News (PT) · 2d ago
  6. 06França confirma positivo para hantavírus em cidadã que estava em cruzeiro - CNN BrasilGoogle News (PT) · 2d ago
  7. 07EUA confirmam que americano testou positivo para hantavírus após cruzeiro - CNN BrasilGoogle News (PT) · 3d ago
  8. 08Brasil registra primeira morte por hantavírus em 2026; caso não está ligado a cruzeiro - CBNGoogle News (PT) · 3d ago

Hantavirus context · Brazil

Brazil sits in the Americas, where hantavirus infection most often takes the form of Sin Nombre and Andes virus infections that can progress rapidly from a flu-like prodrome to severe pulmonary edema.

Across this region the principal reservoirs are rice rats, cotton rats, and other New World cricetid rodents that shed virus in their urine, feces, and saliva. Human exposure typically happens through inhalation of aerosolized droppings, urine, or saliva from these rodents — most often in rural housing, agricultural buildings, or poorly ventilated indoor spaces with recent rodent activity.

How Brazil is tracked

Signals are ingested every five minutes from a global feed of open news sources, geolocated to Brazil, then de-duplicated by URL and headline. Each signal links back to its original report so you can verify the source.

For confirmed case counts and clinical guidance in Brazil, consult your national public health authority and the World Health Organization. This page is a surveillance signal, not a diagnostic tool.

Hantavirus surveillance · the Americas

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