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Malaria and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Gold Mining in the Amazon Region, Brazil.
Terças-Trettel, Ana Cláudia Pereira; Oliveira, Elaine Cristina de; Fontes, Cor Jesus Fernandes; Melo, Alba Valéria Gomes de; Oliveira, Renata Carvalho de; Guterres, Alexandro; Fernandes, Jorlan; Silva, Raphael Gomes da; Atanaka, Marina; Espinosa, Mariano Martinez; Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de.
Afiliação
  • Terças-Trettel ACP; Nursing Department, Mato Grosso State University Campus Tangará da Serra, Tangara da Serra (MT) 78300-000, Brazil. ana.claudia@unemat.br.
  • Oliveira EC; Department, Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiaba (MT) 78000-000, Brazil. ana.claudia@unemat.br.
  • Fontes CJF; Epidemiology Department, Health Secretary of State of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba (MT) 78000-000, Brazil. elainecristina.mt@gmail.com.
  • Melo AVG; Department, Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiaba (MT) 78000-000, Brazil. corfontes@gmail.com.
  • Oliveira RC; Epidemiology Department, Health Secretary of State of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba (MT) 78000-000, Brazil. albagomes@gmail.com.
  • Guterres A; Hantaviruses and Rickettsiosis Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ Institute, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 21000-000, Brazil. reoliveira@ioc.fiocruz.br.
  • Fernandes J; Hantaviruses and Rickettsiosis Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ Institute, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 21000-000, Brazil. guterres@ioc.fiocruz.br.
  • Silva RGD; Hantaviruses and Rickettsiosis Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ Institute, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 21000-000, Brazil. jorlan@ioc.fiocruz.br.
  • Atanaka M; Hantaviruses and Rickettsiosis Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ Institute, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 21000-000, Brazil. raphael@ioc.fiocruz.br.
  • Espinosa MM; Department, Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiaba (MT) 78000-000, Brazil. marina.atanaka@gmail.com.
  • Lemos ERS; Department, Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiaba (MT) 78000-000, Brazil. marianomphd@gmail.com.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31130600
ABSTRACT
People living in mining regions are exposed to numerous biological agents by several specific types of transmission mechanisms. This study is designed to describe fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases confirmed by serology and molecular analysis, where a seroprevalence survey was conducted in the gold mining regions of the state of Mato Grosso, in the official Amazon region, Brazil. Two fatal cases of HPS were confirmed in a mining area in the Legal Amazon, where malaria is one of the most important public health problems. A molecular analysis detected the presence of the genome of the Castelo dos Sonhos virus. Out of the 112 blood samples analyzed, five were positive for Plasmodium infection (four P. falciparum and one P. vivax), and four were seropositive for hantavirus, showing a seroprevalence of 3.57%. One of the four miners who was seroreactive for hantavirus concomitantly had P. falciparum infection, which was confirmed by thick blood smear. This manuscript highlights the importance of considering hantavirus pulmonary syndrome as a diagnostic possibility in febrile infection associated with pulmonary manifestations in mining areas where malaria cases are often identified.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus / Malária Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Int J Environ Res Public Health Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus / Malária Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Int J Environ Res Public Health Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil