Andes Virus Genome Mutations That Are Likely Associated with Animal Model Attenuation and Human Person-to-Person Transmission
Abstract
Several orthohantaviruses cause the zoonotic disease hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas. Among them, HPS caused by Andes virus (ANDV) is of great public health concern because it is associated with the highest case fatality rate (up to 50%).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 22, 2023
- Source ID
- 10.1128/msphere.00018-23
Entities
People
- Carla Bellomo
- Daniel Oscar Alonso
- Gustavo Palacios
- Jens H. Kuhn
- Karla Prieto
- Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart
- Natalia Ferressini-gerpe
- Natalia Períolo
- Nicholas Di Paola
- Rocío Coelho
- Sebastián Dario Kehl
- Unai Pérez-Sautu
- Valeria P. Martínez
Organizations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln