Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014
Research
Person-to-Person Household and Nosocomial Transmission of Andes Hantavirus, Southern Chile, 2011
Constanza Martinez-Valdebenito, Mario Calvo, Cecilia Vial, Rita Mansilla, Claudia Marco, R. Eduardo Palma, Pablo Vial, Francisca Valdivieso, Gregory Mertz, and Marcela Ferrés
Table 3
Results of environmental investigation for 4 cases of ANDV infection, Chile, 2011*
| Case-patients | Days after case-patient diagnosis | No. trapping nights | No. trapped rodents | No. traps per night | Rodent species trapped | SIA results, n = 24 | RT-PCR results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B and E | 63 | 3 | 46 | 57, 40, 40 | Abrothrix longipilis, A. olivaceus, other Abrothrix sp., Oligoryzomys longicaudauts | 1 positive (A. longipilis) | Negative |
| A and C | 90 | 2 | 9 | 68, 68 | A. olivaceus, O. longicaudauts, Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus | Negative | ND |
*SIA, strip immune assay; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; ND, not done.
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