Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011

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dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Valdebenito, Constanza
dc.contributor.authorCalvo, Mario
dc.contributor.authorVial, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorMansilla, Rita
dc.contributor.authorMarco, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorVial, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorValdivieso, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorMertz, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorFerrés, Marcela
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-13T14:38:34Z
dc.date.available2017-03-13T14:38:34Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionCentro de Genética y Genómica
dc.description.abstractAndes hantavirus (ANDV) causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Chile and is the only hantavirus for which person-to-person transmission has been proven. We describe an outbreak of 5 human cases of ANDV infection in which symptoms developed in 2 household contacts and 2 health care workers after exposure to the index case-patient. Results of an epidemiologic investigation and sequence analysis of the virus isolates support person-to-person transmission of ANDV for the 4 secondary case-patients, including nosocomial transmission for the 2 health care workers. Health care personnel who have direct contact with ANDV case-patients or their body fluids should take precautions to prevent transmission of the virus. In addition, because the incubation period of ANDV after environmental exposure is longer than that for person-to-person exposure, all persons exposed to a confirmed ANDV case-patient or with possible environmental exposure to the virus should be monitored for 42 days for clinical symptoms.
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dc.identifier.citationEmerging Infectious Diseases, Vol20, No10, Oct 2014, p.1629-1636
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/1014
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCenters for Desease Control and Prevention
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectHanta virus
dc.titlePerson-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011
dc.typeArtículo

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