Hantavirus infection in humans and rodents, northwestern Argentina
| Autor: | Carlos M. Ripoll, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Gladys E. Calderón, Delia Enria, Daniel Bravo, Noemí Pini, Silvana Levis, Rubén M. Barquez, Elena Lozano, Stephen St. Jeor, Josefina Ramirez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Orthohantavirus Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine serology Antibodies Viral Serology Disease Outbreaks 0302 clinical medicine antibody Prevalence Child 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study Transmission (medicine) Mortality rate virus diseases Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Middle Aged 3. Good health Infectious Diseases Child Preschool rodents Female Hantavirus Microbiology (medical) Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Hantavirus Infections 030231 tropical medicine Population Argentina Rodentia lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences medicine Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 education Aged 030306 microbiology business.industry Research lcsh:R Virology Cross-Sectional Studies Hantavirus Infection business |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 9, Pp 1070-1076 (2003) Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | We initiated a study to elucidate the ecology and epidemiology of hantavirus infections in northern Argentina. The northwestern hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)–endemic area of Argentina comprises Salta and Jujuy Provinces. Between 1997 and 2000, 30 HPS cases were diagnosed in Jujuy Province (population 512,329). Most patients had a mild clinical course, and the death rate (13.3%) was low. We performed a serologic and epidemiologic survey in residents of the area, in conjunction with a serologic study in rodents. The prevalence of hantavirus antibodies in the general human population was 6.5%, one of the highest reported in the literature. No evidence of interhuman transmission was found, and the high prevalence of hantavirus antibody seemed to be associated with the high infestation of rodents detected in domestic and peridomestic habitats. |
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