Results: 7

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 ...

Conocimientos y prácticas asociadas a transmisión de triquinelosis, hanta y equinococosis quística
Knowledge and practices associated with transmission of trichinellosis, hanta and cystic equinococcosis

Cienc. enferm; 24 (), 2018
RESUMEN Objetivo: Asociar el nivel de conocimiento y prácticas (hábitos y costumbres) responsables de la transmisión de Triquinelosis, Síndrome Cardiopulmonar por Hantavirus y Equinococosis quística (Hidatidosis), en habitantes de los sectores rurales. Material y método: Estudio descriptivo correla...

Ten years of a hantavirus disease emergency in the Federal District, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus diseases are emerging human diseases caused by Hantavirus spp. of the Bunnyaviridae family. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been detected in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil since 2004. Among the 27 Brazilian Federal Units, DF has the highest fatality rate. M...

El desafío de las enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes
The challenge of emerging and re-emerging diseases

Rev. méd. Urug; 14 (1), 1998
En los albores del siglo XXI, las enfermedades emergentes o reemergentes plantean un serio desafío para su control. Las enfermedades emergentes son enfermedades infecciosas con incidencia en aumento en las últimas dos décadas. Se identifican con diversas etiologías: priónica, viral, bacteriana, mic�...