Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Dispatch
Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Argentina, 2014
Table 1
Patient | Age, y/sex | Date of symptom onset | Date of death | Relationship | Place of residence or work | Risk activity |
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P1 | 71/M | 2014 May 10 | 2014 May 15 | Twin brother of P2 | Los Repollos forest reserve, Río Negro Province | Collecting firewood |
P2 | 71/M | 2014 May 25 | 2014 Jun 1 | Twin brother of P1 | Los Repollos forest reserve, rural area, Río Negro Province | Collecting firewood, contact with P1 |
P3 | 53/F | 2014 Jun 16 | Survived | Nurse of P2 | El Bolsón, semiurban area, no evidence of rodent exposure in her home, nurse at HAEB | Assisted P2 at HAEB on May 27 and 28, before his transfer to HZB |
NRC1 | 41/M | 2014 Apr 30 | 2014 May 5 | None | El Blanco, rural area, Cholila, Chubut Province | Daily contact with rodents in poor habitat conditions |
NRC2 | 36/F | 2017 May 11 | Survived | None | Epuyen, rural town Chubut Province, high school teacher | Camping activities in Los Alerces National Park |
*HAEB, Hospital Area El Bolsón (primary healthcare center); HZB, Hospital Zonal Bariloche (high-complexity hospital).
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