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Volume 29, Number 10—October 2023
Dispatch

Human-to-Human Transmission of Andes Virus Modeled in Syrian Hamsters

Silke A. Riesle-Sbarbaro, Norman Kirchoff, Katharina Hansen-Kant, Alice Stern, Andreas Kurth, and Joseph B. PrescottComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Table 1

Study design and disease progression in study of human-to-human transmission of Andes virus modeled in Syrian hamsters*

Cage no. Inoculated Ab titer Status Naive Ab titer Status
1
c1-i1 ≥51200 Infected c1-n1 Excluded
c1-i2
3200
Disease
c1-n2
12800
Disease
2
c2-i1 200 Disease c2-n1 3200 Disease
c2-i2
3200
Disease
c2-n2
Negative
Infected
3
c3-i1 12800 Disease c3-n1 Negative Uninfected
c3-i2
800
Disease
c3-n2
Negative
Uninfected
4
c4-i1 200 Disease c4-n1 Negative Uninfected
c4-i2
3200
Disease
c4-n2
Negative
Uninfected
5
c5-i1 3200 Disease c5-n1 Negative Uninfected
c5-i2
3200
Disease
c5-n2
3200
Disease
6
c6-i1 12800 Disease c6-n1 Negative Uninfected
c6-i2
≥51200
Recovered
c6-n2
3200
Infected
Total infected
100%
45%
Total HCPS
83% 27%

*AB, antibody; HCPS, Hantavirus-induced cardiopulmonary syndrome.

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