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Title: | Expanded distribution of orthohantavirus Pergamino genotype: First record in Entre Rios province, Argentina | Authors: | Gómez Villafañe, Isabel E. Burgos, Eliana Florencia Coelho, Rocío María Bellomo, Carla María Garcilazo Amatti, Jerónimo Martínez, Valeria P |
Keywords: | Roedores;Genotipo;Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus;Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno;Orthohantavirus;Reservorios;Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus;Zoonosis | Issue Date: | 2022 | Journal: | Revista Argentina de microbiologia | Series/Report no.: | Rev Argent Microbiol;54(1)2022:35-38 | Abstract: | Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is an emerging infectious disease of the Americas. Eight native rodent species have been identified as HPS virus reservoirs in Argentina. The aim of this work was to detect the orthohantavirus genotypes present in a rodent community that inhabits a zone where a fatal HPS case occurred within an endemic locality of Central Argentina. We captured 27 rodents with a trapping effort of 723 trap nights. We detected 14.3% of infected Akodon azarae with the Pergamino genotype. This result expands the known distribution of this orthohantavirus. Although the Pergamino genotype has not been associated with human cases, the information about its distribution is relevant for risk assessment against potential changes in the virus infectivity. |
Description: | Fil: Gómez Villafañe, Isabel E. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, IEGEBA (UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Burgos, Eliana F. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical (INMeT)-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán; Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina Fil: Coelho, Rocio M. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán; Buenos Aires, Argentina Fil: Bellomo, Carla M. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán; Buenos Aires, Argentina Fil: Garcilazo Amatti, Jerónimo. Programa Zoonosis y Vectores, Dirección de Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud; Entre Ríos, Argentina Fil: Martinez, Valeria P. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán; Buenos Aires, Argentina |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/2545 | ISSN: | 0325-7541 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ram.2021.02.009 |
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