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RODENT-BORNE VIRUSES SURVEY IN RURAL SETTLERS FROM CENTRAL BRAZIL
Fernandes, Jorlan et al. | Date Issued: 2019
Author
Fernandes, Jorlan
Oliveira, Renata Carvalho de
Coelho, Thayssa Alves
Martins, Regina Maria Bringel
Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim
Horta, Marco Aurélio Pereira
Levis, Silvana
Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos
Teles, Sheila A.
Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Faculdade de Enfermagem. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas. Pergamino, Argentina.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Faculdade de Enfermagem. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Anthropogenic environmental changes arising from settlement and agriculture include deforestation and replacement of natural vegetation by crops providing opportunities for pathogen spillover from animals to humans. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of rodent-borne virus infections in seven rural settlements from Midwestern Brazil. Of the 466 individuals tested 12 (2.57%) were reactive for orthohantavirus and 3 (0.64%) for mammarenavirus. These rural settlers lived under unfavorable infrastructure, socioeconomic disadvantages, and unsanitary conditions, representing a risk for rodent-borne infections. Development of public policies towards the improvement of health, sanitation and awareness of rodent-borne diseases in improvised camps and settlements is imperative, in order to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by these diseases.
Keywords in Portuguese
Hantavirus
Doenças transmitidas por roedores
Colonos rurais
Arenavírus
Brasil cCntral
 
Keywords
Hantavirus
Arenavirus
Rural settlers
Rodent-borne diseases
Brazil
 
Publisher
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Citation
FERNANDES, Jorlan et al. Rodent-borne viruses survey in rural settlers from Central Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 114, p. 1-5, 2019.
DOI
10.1590/0074-02760180448
ISSN
0074-0276