Marcela Ferrés, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Carolina Henriquez, Claudia Marco, Jenniffer Angulo, Aldo Barrera, Carlos Palma, Gonzalo Barriga Pinto, Analia Cuiza, Leonila Ferreira, María Luisa Rioseco, Mario Calvo, Ricardo Fritz, Sebastián Bravo, Alejandro Bruhn, Jerónimo Graf, Alvaro Llancaqueo, Gonzalo Rivera, Carolina Cerda, Nicole Tischler, Francisca Valdivieso, Pablo Vial, Gregory Mertz, Cecilia Vial, Nicole Le Corre
BACKGROUND: Andes virus (ANDV) is a zoonotic Orthohantavirus leading to hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although most transmissions occur through environmental exposure to rodent faeces and urine, rare person-to-person transmission has been documented, mainly for close contacts. This study investigates the presence and infectivity of ANDV in body fluids from confirmed cases and the duration of viraemia. METHODS: In this prospective study, 131 participants with confirmed ANDV infection were enrolled in Chile in a prospective study between 2008 and 2022...
April 3, 2024: Lancet Infectious Diseases