Hantavirus infection in humans and rodents, northwestern Argentina
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 (pop...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán" |
| Repositorio: | Sistema de Gestión del Conocimiento ANLIS MALBRÁN |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sgc.anlis.gob.ar:123456789/347 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/347 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016789/pdf/02-0768.pdf |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Hantavirus Infecciones por Hantavirus Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus Roedores Argentina |
| Resumo: | 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 preva-lence of hantavirus antibody seemed to be associated with the high infestation of rodents detected in domestic and peridomestic habitats. |
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