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CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY OF HANTAVIRUS INFECTION, BRAZIL
Limongi, Jean E. et al. | Date Issued: 2009
Author
Limongi, Jean E.
Costa, Fabíola C. da
Pinto, Rogério M. C.
Oliveira, Renata C. de
Bragagnolo, Camila
Lemos, Elba R. S.
Paula, Márcia B. C. de
Pajuaba Neto, Adalberto A.
Ferreira, Marcelo S.
Affilliation
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil / Departamento de Saúde Pública. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil..
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Departamento de Saúde Pública. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Departamento de Saúde Pública. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Abstract
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.
Keywords in Portuguese
Hantavirus
infecção
pesquisa transversal
Brasil
 
Keywords
Cross-sectional Survey
Hantavirus
infection
Brazil
 
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citation
LIMONGI, Jean E. et al. Cross-sectional Survey of Hantavirus Infection, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v.15, n.12, p.1981-1983, Dec. 2009.
DOI
10.3201/eid1512.090229
ISSN
1080-6040