RESUMO
To confirm circulation of Anajatuba virus in Maranhao, Brazil, we conducted a serologic survey (immunoglobulin G ELISA) and phylogenetic studies (nucleocapsid gene sequences) of hantaviruses from wild rodents and persons with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. This virus is transmitted by Oligoryzomys fornesi rodents and is responsible for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in this region.
Assuntos
Reservatórios de Doenças/virologia , Monitoramento Ambiental , Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus/epidemiologia , Orthohantavírus/classificação , Sigmodontinae/virologia , Adulto , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Brasil/epidemiologia , Busca de Comunicante , Estudos Transversais , Monitoramento Epidemiológico , Feminino , Orthohantavírus/genética , Orthohantavírus/isolamento & purificação , Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus/sangue , Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus/veterinária , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , RNA Viral/análise , RNA Viral/genética , Estudos SoroepidemiológicosRESUMO
To confirm circulation of Anajatuba virus in Maranhão, Brazil, we conducted a serologic survey (immunoglobulin G ELISA) and phylogenetic studies (nucleocapsid gene sequences) of hantaviruses from wild rodents and persons with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. This virus is transmitted by Oligoryzomys fornesi rodents and is responsible for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in this region. (AU)