Incubation Period of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome

Abstract

The potential incubation period from exposure to onset of symptoms was 7–39 days (median 18 days) in 20 patients with a defined period of exposure to Andes virus in a high-risk area. This period was 14–32 days (median 18 days) in 11 patients with exposure for <48 hours.

Keywords

• Hantavirus
• incubation period
• Andes virus
• dispatch
• Chile