Enría D, Padula P, Segura E L, Pini N, Edelstein A, Posse C R, Weissenbacher M C
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio I. Maiztegui, Pergamino, Argentina.
Medicina (B Aires). 1996;56(6):709-11.
In March 1995 the first case of a familiar outbreak of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was notified in El Bolson, in the South of Argentina. Until December 15, 1996, a total of 77 cases of HPS had been notified with 48% mortality, distributed in three geographical areas of the country, South, North and Center. During 1996, of the 19 cases from El Bolsón, three were local physicians, one of whom -during the prodrome of her illness- travelled to Buenos Aires to be attended. In the hospital, two of the physicians who assisted her, developed HPS 27 and 28 days after the first contact. These data suggest for the first time the possibility of interhuman transmission of the Hantavirus responsible for the pulmonary syndrome.
1995年3月，阿根廷南部的埃尔博尔松通报了首例汉坦病毒肺综合征（HPS）家族性暴发病例。截至1996年12月15日，共通报了77例HPS病例，死亡率为48%，分布在该国南部、北部和中部三个地理区域。1996年，来自埃尔博尔松的19例病例中，有3例是当地医生，其中1名医生在疾病前驱期前往布宜诺斯艾利斯就医。在医院里，照料她的两名医生在首次接触27天和28天后感染了HPS。这些数据首次表明，导致肺综合征的汉坦病毒存在人际传播的可能性。
