"Super-Spreaders" and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina.
Valeria P MartínezNicholas Di PaolaDaniel O AlonsoUnai Pérez-SautuCarla M BellomoAyelén A IglesiasRocio M CoelhoBeatriz LópezNatalia PerioloPeter A LarsonElyse R NagleJoseph A ChittyCatherine B PrattJorge DíazDaniel Marcelo CisternaJosefina CamposHeema SharmaBonnie Dighero-KempEmiliano BiondoLorena LewisConstanza AnselmoCamila P OliveraFernanda PontorieroEnzo LavarraJ Thomas BeattyTeresa StrellaAlexis EdelsteinMiriam I BurgosMario KalerAdolfo RubinsteinJeffrey R KugelmanMariano Sanchez-LockhartClaudia PerandonesGustavo F PalaciosPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2020)
Among patients with ANDV hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, high viral titers in combination with attendance at massive social gatherings or extensive contact among persons were associated with a higher likelihood of transmission. (Funded by the Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social de la Nación Argentina and others.).