Characteristics and Superspreading Potential of Andes Virus Person-to-Person Transmission
By using historical contact tracing data, we estimated that 23.4% of case-patients caused 80% of Andes virus (ANDV) person-to-person transmission. We demonstrated a low but nonnegligible probability of observing a large-scale ANDV infection outbreak in a rodent-free setting consisting of close contacts, despite the historically self-limited person-to-person transmission of ANDV.
Authors
- Sheikh Taslim Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8631-9076)
- Yuantao Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8024-5312)
- Shi Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-6149)
- Daihai He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3253-654X)
- Yu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0831-3784)
- Ka Chun Chong
- Kailun Pan
- Zhuang Cui
- Shengqiang Liu
- Zihao Guo
- Lirong Cao
- Kai Wang
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3210.260908
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00