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Hantavirus in the Americas: source-linked public-health context
HantaMap uses reviewed public-health sources to show country-level public-health context for the Americas. This page explains how to read those references without treating HantaMap as live surveillance, a source of individual case counts, or an official public-health notice.
HantaMap uses reviewed public-health sources to show country-level public-health context for the Americas. The goal is to help readers compare official references across the region while keeping map semantics conservative and source-linked.
Americas markers should be read as broad public-health reference context. They are not individual case counts, exact local exposure locations, or live surveillance operated by HantaMap.
North America
In North America, HantaMap uses official United States and Canada public-health references as source-linked context. Source-owned surveillance or reported-case pages stay linked to their original agencies and should be verified at the source.
CDC reported-case and educational pages are used as official United States public-health reference context. HantaMap does not turn CDC source-provided material into HantaMap-produced current totals or exact exposure points.
Open official sourcePHAC surveillance material is handled as Canada country-level public-health and surveillance reference context. Source-provided figures remain PHAC-owned context and are not displayed as HantaMap-authored counts.
Open official sourceSouth America / Andes virus context
Chile and Argentina are handled as country-level public-health and surveillance reference contexts. Andes virus context is important for the region, but HantaMap keeps public map interpretation broad and source-linked.
The ISP Chile Hanta laboratory surveillance page is treated as Chile country-level public-health and laboratory-surveillance reference context. It supports broad source-linked reading, not local exposure geography.
Open official sourceThe Argentina Ministry surveillance update is treated as Argentina country-level public-health and surveillance reference context. HantaMap keeps the public interpretation broad and does not add local, route, or individual-linked points from it.
Open official sourceThe cruise-associated Andes virus material is handled separately as travel-associated context. WHO DON600 and related official references are useful for understanding public-health response context, not for creating an Americas-wide case service.
HantaMap does not use the cruise-associated material as a local outbreak marker, an infection path, a transmission route, a vessel live-location service, or a passenger-tracking record.
Read travel-associated contextHantaMap does not show individual case counts, live surveillance, exact local exposure locations, patient-level details, or HantaMap-produced current totals.
Official source pages may contain their own surveillance or reported-case information. HantaMap links to those sources for verification but does not rebrand source-owned figures as HantaMap case counts.
Americas markers use country or state centroids when reviewed sources support broad geographic context. The marker position is a visual anchor for source-linked public-health context, not a precise case or exposure location.
Read each marker with its source title, organization, safety label, and linked official source. If a source contains more detailed local information, HantaMap still keeps public interpretation broad unless a separate safety review approves a narrower display scope.