Human disease in ribeira valley, brazil caused by caraparu, a group c arbovirus - Report of a case

The clinical and laboratory data of a disease in a resident of Ribeira Valley, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, caused by an agent close or identical to Caraparu, a Group C arbovirus, was described. Although there is evidence of an intensive circulation of several arboviruses in the area, no di...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Lygia Busch Iversson, Amélia P. A. Travassos da Rosa, Terezinha Lisieux M. Coimbra, Ivani Bisordi Ferreira, Elza da Silva Nassar
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1987
Subjects:
Arbovirus Caraparu
human disease
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651987000200009
https://doaj.org/article/56527a024ca94b05ae5a79c3d44b1476
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Summary:The clinical and laboratory data of a disease in a resident of Ribeira Valley, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, caused by an agent close or identical to Caraparu, a Group C arbovirus, was described. Although there is evidence of an intensive circulation of several arboviruses in the area, no diagnosis of human disease by these agents has been made, except the encephalitis cases caused by Rocio virus during an epidemic in 1975-1977. An antigenic difference between Caraparu strains isolated in São Paulo and in Pará States and a close antigenic relationship between Caraparu strain from São Paulo and Bruconha virus were suggested by the serological tests.

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