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

Tags

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).