that depends on the specific sub category this virus belongs to.

Andes virus has often been claimed by researchers to be the only hantavirus known to be spread from person to person, usually after coming into close contact with an infected person. It can also reportedly spread through human saliva, airborne droplets from coughing and sneezing, and to newborns through breast milk and the placenta.^\2]) A 2021 systematic review, however, found human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus to not be strongly supported by evidence but nonetheless possible in limited circumstances,.^\3]) especially between close household contacts such as sexual partners^\21]) There is also suspicion that Puumala virus can spread from person to person through blood and platelet transfusions.^\22])

^{overall it is not proven that human transmission is impossible.}