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. Prescott
Table 2
Hazard risks of survival and relative risk of infection of the naïve cohort compared to the inoculated cohort in study of human-to-human transmission of Andes virus modeled in Syrian hamsters*
| Cohort | Deaths, % | Infected, % | HR (95% CI) | p value | RR (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naive | 27 | 45 | 0.13 (0.03−0.5) | 0.003 | 0.45 (0.2–0.9) | 0.017 |
*HR, hazard risk; RR, relative risk.
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