Serosurvey of hantavirus infection in humans in the border region between Brazil and Argentina

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: William Marciel de Souza, Alex Martins Machado, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Everton Boff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
• Subjects: Hantavírus; Soroprevalência de hantavirose em Santa Catarina; Morbidade; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Argentina; Paraíso
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822011005000013; https://doaj.org/article/b8baee28c9e84acb86a2de688084289e

INTRODUCTION: According to reports by the Ministry of Health, in the far western region of the State of Santa Catarina, there have been no reports of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a zoonotic disease transmitted by feces of infected rodents. A seroepidemiological study of residents of this region, w...