Serological Survey of Hantavirus in Inhabitants from Tropical and Subtropical Areas of Brazil

Serological Survey of Hantavirus in Inhabitants from Tropical and Subtropical Areas of Brazil

Brazil has reported more than 1,600 cases of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HPS) since 1993, with a 39% rate of reported fatalities. Using a recombinant nucleocapsid protein of Araraquara virus, we performed ELISA to detect IgG antibodies against hantavirus in human sera. The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: Felipe Alves Morais, Alexandre Pereira, Aparecida Santo Pietro Pereira, Marcos Lazaro Moreli, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Marcello Schiavo Nardi, Cristina Farah Tófoli, Jansen Araujo, Lilia Mara Dutra, Tatiana Lopes Ometto, Renata Hurtado, Fábio Carmona de Jesus Maués, Tiene Zingano Hinke, Sati Jaber Mahmud, Monica Correia Lima, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Edison Luiz Durigon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Virology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8628949

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