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A Retrospective Survey of Rodent-borne Viruses in Rural Populations of Brazilian Amazon

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The Amazon tropical rainforest has the most dense and diverse ecosystem worldwide. A few studies have addressed rodent-borne diseases as potential hazards to humans in this region. METHODS: A retrospective survey was conducted using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecti...

Seroprevalence of arenavirus and hantavirus in indigenous populations from the Caribbean, Colombia

Abstract INTRODUCTION: In Colombia, there is insufficient epidemiological surveillance of zoonotic hemorrhagic viruses. METHODS: We performed a sero-epidemiological study in indigenous populations of Wayuü, Kankuamos, and Tuchin communities using Maciel hantavirus and Junin arenavirus antigens for Ig...

Synanthropic rodents as virus reservoirs and transmitters

Abstract This review focuses on reports of hepatitis E virus, hantavirus, rotavirus, coronavirus, and arenavirus in synanthropic rodents (Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, and Mus musculus) within urban environments. Despite their potential impact on human health, relatively few studies have addressed th...

Rodent-borne viruses survey in rural settlers from Central Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
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 ...

Letter

Evidencia serológica retrospectiva de infecciones por Leptospira spp, dengue, hantavirus y arenavirus en indígenas Emberá-Katío, Colombia

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (4), 2016
We have developed a study in the Embera-Katío indigenous community and we found that the seropositivity for IgG antibodies to Leptospira spp. was 18.1%; to dengue was 61.1%; to arenavirus was 3.1% and to hantavirus was 1.5%. We conclude that this indigenous community live in conditions that promote the ...

Curso Internacional Enfermedades Virales Emergentes

Contiene el resumen de las siguientes exposiciones: 1. Conceptos de infecciones emergentes y reemergentes/Robert E. Shope; 2. Red de laboratorios y programa de enfermedades emergentes del Instituto Nacional de Salud/Carlos Carillo; 3. Dengue y dengue hemorrágico en las Américas/Gary G. Clark; 4. Situac...