Seroprevalence of hantavirus infection in rodents from the State of Ceará, Brazil

• Published in: Revista de Patologia Tropical
• Main Authors: Chioratto, Gerlane Tavares de Souza, Costa, Érica de Cássia Vieira da, Sobreira, Marise, Almeida, Alzira Maria Paiva de
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: CEGRAF 2010
• Subjects: Rodents; Hantavirus; Seroprevalence; Plague; Microbiologia; Roedores; Hantavírus; Soroprevalência; Peste; Sob’; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://revistas.ufg.emnuvens.com.br/iptsp/article/view/9493; https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v39i1.9493

The hantavirus cardiovascular pulmonary syndrome (HCVPS) and the plague(Yersinia pestis infection) are zoonoses that occur in Brazil, having in commonrodent reservoirs. Therefore their distribution areas may overlap. The prevalence ofhantavirus antibodies in animals caught in the routine activities...