Andes hantavirus confirmed transmissible person-to-person in South America

An international study confirms that the Andes virus, endemic in Argentina and Chile, can spread through close, direct, prolonged contact with an infected person. This corroborates earlier suspicions of person-to-person transmission in the ongoing outbreak. The finding raises public-health concerns for containment strategies in affected regions.

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