Serologic survey of hantavirus in a rural population from the northern State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Universidade de Santo Amaro, Santo Amaro, Brasil¹  Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de Mato Grosso, Colider¹  Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes¹  Figueiredo, Glauciane Garcia de¹  Santos, Ioni Oliveira¹  Azevedo, Maria Regina Andrade de¹  Vaz, Celidéia Aparecida Coppi¹  Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil¹  Novo, Neil Ferreira¹ 

关键词: Hantavirus;    Hantavirosis;    Bunyaviridae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822012005000002

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus is a genus of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses included in the family Bunyaviridae. Hantaviruses are rodent-borne zoonoses that, in the last 18 years, became an emergent public health problem in the Americas, causing a severe cardiopulmonary syndrome. This disease has no specific treatment and has a high case fatality. The transmission of hantavirus to man occurs by inhaling aerosols of rodent excreta. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of antibodies to hantavirus in the population of the rural settlement of Tupã in the county of Marcelândia, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

【 授权许可】

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