AUG 16, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ecological and Individual‐Level Factors Associated With Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome Notifications and in‐Hospital Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients in Chile, 2005–2022
Zoonoses and Public Health
A rigorous multilevel observational study with large sample and mixed-effects models that confirms known epidemiological patterns of HCPS and identifies forest fire activity as a novel ecological risk factor, but does not test an intervention or establish causation.
Reported
Total notifications886
Number of districts187
Average annual cases49.2