Modeling to predict cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Chile.

• Main Authors: Elaine O Nsoesie (Author), Sumiko R Mekaru (Author), Naren Ramakrishnan (Author), Madhav V Marathe (Author), John S Brownstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a life threatening disease transmitted by the rodent Oligoryzomys longicaudatus in Chile. Hantavirus outbreaks are typically small and geographically confined. Several studies have estimated risk based on spatial and temporal distribution of cases in relation t...