A retrospective serologic survey of hantavirus infections in the county of Cássia dos Coqueiros, State of São Paulo, Brazil Inquérito sorológico retrospectivo das infecções por hantavirus no município de Cássia dos Coqueiros, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

• Main Authors: Soraya Jabur Badra, Felipe Gonçalves Mota Maia, Glauciane Garcia Figueiredo, Gilberto Sabino dos Santos Junior, Gelse Mazzoni Campos, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Afonso Dinis Costa Passos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
• Subjects: Hantavírus; Inquérito sorológico; Cássia dos Coqueiros; Hantavirus; Serologic survey; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nordeste
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7d0d1183bfe1497b947c6f99fa36f80d

INTRODUCTION: In recent years, hantavirus infections producing severe diseases have obtained an increased attention from public health authorities from the countries of Eurasia to the Americas. Brazil has reported 1,300 cases of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) from 1993 to 2010, with abou...