Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011
Andes 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 aft...
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| author | Constanza Martinez-Valdebenito Mario Calvo Cecilia Vial Rita Mansilla Claudia Marco R. Eduardo Palma Pablo Vial Francisca Valdivieso Gregory Mertz Marcela Ferrés |
| author_facet | Constanza Martinez-Valdebenito Mario Calvo Cecilia Vial Rita Mansilla Claudia Marco R. Eduardo Palma Pablo Vial Francisca Valdivieso Gregory Mertz Marcela Ferrés |
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| description | Andes 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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| spelling | doaj.art-97be92131276405b80f87e0dea15f6b82022-12-21T23:07:29ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592014-10-0120101637164410.3201/eid2010.140353Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011Constanza Martinez-ValdebenitoMario CalvoCecilia VialRita MansillaClaudia MarcoR. Eduardo PalmaPablo VialFrancisca ValdiviesoGregory MertzMarcela FerrésAndes 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0353_articlehantavirushantavirus infectionsnosocomial infectionsviruseshouseholdChile |
| spellingShingle | Constanza Martinez-Valdebenito Mario Calvo Cecilia Vial Rita Mansilla Claudia Marco R. Eduardo Palma Pablo Vial Francisca Valdivieso Gregory Mertz Marcela Ferrés Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011 Emerging Infectious Diseases hantavirus hantavirus infections nosocomial infections viruses household Chile |
| title | Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011 |
| title_full | Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011 |
| title_fullStr | Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011 |
| title_short | Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011 |
| title_sort | person to person household and nosocomial transmission of andes hantavirus southern chile 2011 |
| topic | hantavirus hantavirus infections nosocomial infections viruses household Chile |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0353_article |
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