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Title: | Rodent-borne viruses survey in rural settlers from Central Brazil | Authors: | Fernandes, Jorlan Oliveira, Renata Carvalho de Coelho, Thayssa Alves Martins, Regina Maria Bringel Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Horta, Marco Aurélio Pereira Levis, Silvana Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida Dos Santos Teles, Sheila A Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de |
Keywords: | Hantavirus;Arenavirus;Brasil | Issue Date: | 17-Dec-2018 | Journal: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | 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. |
Description: | Fil: Fernandes, Jorlan. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brasil. Fil: Oliveira, Renata Carvalho de. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brasil. Fil: Coelho, Thayssa Alves. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brasil. Fil: Martins, Regina Maria Bringel. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia, GO; Brasil. Fil: Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Goiânia, GO; Brasil. Fil: Horta, Marco Aurélio Pereira. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brasil. Fil: Levis, Silvana. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas; Argentina. Fil: Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida Dos Santos. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia, GO; Brasil. Fil: Teles, Sheila A. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Goiânia, GO; Brasil. Fil: Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brasil. |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1711 | DOI: | 10.1590/0074-02760180448 | Rights: | Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License |
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