Cross-sectional survey of hantavirus infection, Brazil.
A cross-sectional serosurvey was conducted to assess the proportion of persons exposed to hantaviruses in a virus-endemic area of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Findings of this study suggested the presence of > or =1 hantaviruses circulating in this region causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, mild disease, or asymptomatic infection.
Limongi
Jean E
JE
Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. jeanlimongi@gmail.com
da Costa
Fabíola C
FC
Pinto
Rogério M C
RM
de Oliveira
Renata C
RC
Bragagnolo
Camila
C
Lemos
Elba R S
ER
de Paula
Márcia B C
MB
Pajuaba Neto
Adalberto A
AA
Ferreira
Marcelo S
MS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G