When residents of Argentina’s Chubut province see dead rats, they douse them with bleach, double bag and burn them. They keep their homes clear of trash and weeds to avoid attracting rodents.
If those measures fail and a case of the hantavirus carried by the animals is suspected, strict quarantine protocols are enforced.
Such practices have become ingrained in Andean Patagonia, a region of densely forested mountains and glacial lakes, after two outbreaks of the disease that proved devastating — but garnered little international publicity.
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