title: An unusual hantavirus outbreak in southern Argentina: person-to-person transmission? Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Study Group for Patagonia.
abstract: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rodent-borne zoonosis first recognized in the United States in 1993. Person-to-person transmission has not been reported; however, in the outbreak of 20 cases reported here, epidemiologic evidence strongly suggests this route of transmission.
authors.affiliation: Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sosa Estani
authors.forename: Z E
authors.initials: ZE
authors.lastname: Yadon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Enria
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padula
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Segura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged