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FIRST EVIDENCE OF ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION RELATED TO THE ARAUCARIA (JUQUITIBA-LIKE) HANTAVIRUS
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Carlos Chagas. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Uruguay.
Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Laboratório de Virologia Clínica. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Carlos Chagas. Departamento de Virologia. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Uruguay.
Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Laboratório de Virologia Clínica. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Carlos Chagas. Departamento de Virologia. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Abstract
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe disease, transmitted to humans by inhalation of virus-contaminated aerosols from rodent excreta. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data confirmed a fatal HPS case and an asymptomatic infection in a household contact, both caused by Araucaria hantavirus, which has previously been found only in patients with HPS. This is the first report of asymptomatic infection related to a pathogenic hantavirus genotype, highlighting the need for additional studies on characterisation of viral and genetic mechanisms associated with this disease.
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