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. 1997 Jul-Sep;3(3):361-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid0303.970314.

Hantavirus transmission in the United States

R M Wells  1 , J Young, R J Williams, L R Armstrong, K Busico, A S Khan, T G Ksiazek, P E Rollin, S R Zaki, S T Nichol, C J Peters
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Hantavirus transmission in the United States

R M Wells et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 1997 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

In 1996, investigation of a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) outbreak in southern Argentina found evidence of person-to-person transmission of a hantavirus. The infection control ramifications of this finding led to this review of hantavirus epidemiology in the United States; the review suggests that Sin Nombre virus infection is rarely, if ever, transmitted from person to person and that existing guidelines for prevention of HPS remain appropriate for North America.

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