Rodent-borne viruses survey in rural settlers from Central Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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114: e180448, 2019. tab, graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Anthropogenic environmental changes arising from settlement and agriculture include deforestation and replacement of natural vegetation by crops providing opportunities for pathogen spillover from animals to humans. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of rodent-borne virus infections in seven rural settlements from Midwestern Brazil. Of the 466 individuals tested 12 (2.57%) were reactive for orthohantavirus and 3 (0.64%) for mammarenavirus. These rural settlers lived under unfavorable infrastructure, socioeconomic disadvantages, and unsanitary conditions, representing a risk for rodent-borne infections. Development of public policies towards the improvement of health, sanitation and awareness of rodent-borne diseases in improvised camps and settlements is imperative, in order to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by these diseases.
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Main subject:
Rodentia
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Arenaviridae Infections
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Hantavirus Infections
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Disease Vectors
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged80
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
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Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz/BR
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Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas/AR
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Universidade Federal de Goiás/BR
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