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.

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Emerging infectious diseases
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2026-09-11
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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3210.260908
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Viral Infections and Vectors
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Characteristics and Superspreading Potential of Andes Virus Person-to-Person Transmission

Sheikh Taslim Ali, Yuantao Hao, Shi Zhao, Daihai He et al.
Emerging infectious diseases
Viral Infections and Vectors
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Characteristics and Superspreading Potential of Andes Virus Person-to-Person Transmission

Sheikh Taslim Ali, Yuantao Hao, Shi Zhao, Daihai He, Yu Zhao, Ka Chun Chong, Kailun Pan, Zhuang Cui, Shengqiang Liu, Zihao Guo, Lirong Cao, Kai Wang
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Abstract

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.

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Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK), Tianjin Medical University (CN)
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