title: Hantavirus transmission in the United States.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Busico
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D012042:Registries; D012377:Rodentia / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology