Prevalence of antibody to hantaviruses in humans and rodents in the Caribbean region of Colombia determined using Araraquara and Maciel virus antigens

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
• Main Authors: Guzmán, Camilo, Mattar, Salim, Levis, Silvana, Pini, Noemí, Figueiredo, Tadeu, Mills, James, Salazar-Bravo, Jorge
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013
• Subjects: Articles; Maciel; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970671; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23579795; https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108022013007

We tested sera from 286 agricultural workers and 322 rodents in the department of Córdoba, northeastern Colombia, for antibodies against two hantaviruses. The sera were analysed by indirect ELISA using the lysate of Vero E6 cells infected with Maciel virus (MACV) or the N protein of Araraquara virus...