Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in rural and urban regions in the state of Amazonas, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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107(1): 135-137, Feb. 2012. mapas, tab
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ABSTRACT
Hantavirus disease is caused by the hantavirus, which is an RNA virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae. Hantavirus disease is an anthropozoonotic infection transmitted through the inhalation of aerosols from the excreta of hantavirus-infected rodents. In the county of Itacoatiara in the state of Amazonas (AM), Brazil, the first human cases of hantavirus pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome were described in July 2004. These first cases were followed by two fatal cases, one in the municipality of Maués in 2005 and another in Itacoatiara in 2007. In this study, we investigated the antibody levels to hantavirus in a population of 1,731 individuals from four different counties of AM. Sera were tested by IgG/IgM- enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay using a recombinant nucleocapsid protein of the Araraquara hantavirus as an antigen. Ten sera were IgG positive to hantavirus (0.6 percent). Among the positive sera, 0.8 percent (1/122), 0.4 percent (1/256), 0.2 percent (1/556) and 0.9 percent (7/797) were from Atalaia do Norte, Careiro Castanho, Itacoatiara and Lábrea, respectively. None of the sera in this survey were IgM-positive. Because these counties are distributed in different areas of AM, we can assume that infected individuals are found throughout the entire state, which suggests that hantavirus disease could be a local emerging health problem.
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Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Hantavirus
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Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes
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Anticuerpos Antivirales
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Niño
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Child, preschool
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado/BR
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Universidade Paulista/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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Universidade do Norte/BR
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