AN UNUSUAL HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN ARGENTINA - PERSON-TO-PERSON TRANSMISSION

Authors
WELLS RM ESTANI SS YADON ZE ENRIA D PADULA P PINI N MILLS JN PETERS CJ SEGURA EL GUTHMANN N ARGUELO E KLEIN F LEVY R NAGEL C CALFIN R DEROSAS F LAZARO M ROSALES H SANDOVAL P
Citation
Rm. Wells et al., AN UNUSUAL HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN ARGENTINA - PERSON-TO-PERSON TRANSMISSION, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 3(2), 1997, pp. 171-174
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES → ACNP
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
171 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rodent-borne zoonosis first recogni zed in the United States in 1993. Person-to-person transmission has no t been reported; however, in the outbreak of 20 cases reported here, e pidemiologic evidence strongly suggests this route of transmission.