Seropositivity diagnosis for hantavirus in Jataí, Goiás State, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Marcos Lázaro Moreli, Daiane Pereira da Silva Novaes, Enia Cristina Flor, Marielena Vogel Saivish, Vivaldo Gomes da Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Hantavirus; Zoonosis; Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0035-2017; https://doaj.org/article/fbd0179862724cad81cd74a062abd967

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Emerging diseases are of great interest, especially those associated with high mortality rates such as hantaviruses. We aimed to conduct a seroepidemiological survey to determine the levels of hantavirus infection. METHODS: In-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect specific antibodies. RESULTS: Of the 429 samples collected, seropositivity of 3.9% to anti-hantavirus immunoglobulin G (IgG) was observed (CI 95%: 2.3-5.7). Moreover, in three cases, immunoglobulin M (IgM) was detected, of which two were diagnosed as hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate the considerable occurrence of previous hantavirus infections, highlighting occurrences from sub-clinical cases to HCPS.