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    "iso2": "VE",
    "iso3": "VEN",
    "name": "Venezuela",
    "slug": "venezuela",
    "region": "Americas",
    "lat": 6.4,
    "lng": -66.6,
    "endemicStrains": [],
    "knownVectors": [
      "Oligoryzomys delicatus",
      "Sigmodon alstoni"
    ],
    "notes": "Two indigenous hantaviruses are documented in Venezuelan rodents: Maporal virus (in the delicate pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys delicatus) and Caño Delgadito virus (in Alston's cotton rat, Sigmodon alstoni), both first characterised on Hato Maporal farm, Portuguesa State. Country-specific human-disease attribution remains limited.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Fulhorst et al., Virus Res 2004 (Maporal virus initial characterisation)",
        "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15246651/"
      },
      {
        "label": "Milazzo et al., Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2010 (host-relationship refinement, O. delicatus)",
        "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21548760/"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "signals7d": 0,
    "signals30d": 0,
    "level": "inactive",
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    "strength": 0,
    "topSourceCode": null,
    "attribution": {
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      "titleMatch": 0,
      "summaryMatch": 0
    }
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  "signals": [],
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-15T15:45:40.920Z",
  "freshness": "fresh"
}