Abstract / Summary
By using historical contact tracing data, we estimated that 23.4% of case-patients caused 80% of Andes virus (ANDV) person-to-person transmission. We demonstrated a low but nonnegligible probability of observing a large-scale ANDV infection outbreak in a rodent-free setting consisting of close contacts, despite the historically self-limited person-to-person transmission of ANDV.
Topics
Andes virusvirusesperson-to-person transmissionhantavirushantavirus pulmonary syndromerespiratory infectionsOpen access