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Prevalence of serum antibodies to hantavirus in a rural population from the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

2012; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 45; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0037-86822012000100022

ISSN

1678-9849

Autores

Gregório Wrublevski Pereira, André Martins Teixeira, Mirela Silva de Souza, Alixandre Dias Braga, Gilberto Sabino‐Santos, Glauciane Garcia de Figueiredo, Luíz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Alessandra Abel Borges,

Tópico(s)

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Resumo

INTRODUCTION: Rodent-borne hantaviruses cause severe human diseases. We completed a serological survey of hantavirus infection in rural inhabitants of Turvo County, in the southern State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in which seropositivity for hantavirus was correlated to previous disease in the participants. METHODS: The levels of IgG antibodies to hantavirus Araraquara in the sera of 257 individuals were determined using an immunoenzymatic assay. RESULTS: IgG antibodies to hantavirus were found in 2.3% of the participants. All seropositive participants reported previous disease with symptoms suggestive of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Human infections causing unreported cardiopulmonary syndrome probably occur in the southern State of Santa Catarina.

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