Toro J, Vega J D, Khan A S, Mills J N, Padula P, Terry W, Yadón Z, Valderrama R, Ellis B A, Pavletic C, Cerda R, Zaki S, Shieh W J, Meyer R, Tapia M, Mansilla C, Baro M, Vergara J A, Concha M, Calderon G, Enria D, Peters C J, Ksiazek T G
Ministry of Health, Santiago, Chile.
Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Oct-Dec;4(4):687-94. doi: 10.3201/eid0404.980425.
An outbreak of 25 cases of Andes virus-associated hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was recognized in southern Chile from July 1997 through January 1998. In addition to the HPS patients, three persons with mild hantaviral disease and one person with asymptomatic acute infection were identified. Epidemiologic studies suggested person-to-person transmission in two of three family clusters. Ecologic studies showed very high densities of several species of sigmodontine rodents in the area.
1997年7月至1998年1月期间，智利南部确认发生了一起由安第斯病毒引起的汉坦病毒肺综合征（HPS）疫情，共25例。除了HPS患者外，还发现了3例患有轻度汉坦病毒病的患者和1例无症状急性感染患者。流行病学研究表明，在三个家庭聚集病例中有两个存在人际传播。生态学研究显示，该地区几种稻鼠属啮齿动物的密度非常高。
