scholarly journals Seroepidemiologic Studies of Hantavirus Infection Among Wild Rodents in California

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Jay
Keyword(s):  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Seroepidemiologic Studies

scholarly journals A serosurvey for hantavirus infection in wild rodents from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, Brazil

Acta Tropica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sobreira ◽  
G.T. Souza ◽  
M.L. Moreli ◽  
A.A. Borges ◽  
F.A. Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents

scholarly journals Hantavirus Infection Prevalence in Wild Rodents and Human Anti-Hantavirus Serological Profiles from Different Geographic Areas of South Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia M. Raboni ◽  
Marina R. de Araujo ◽  
Adriana Delfraro ◽  
Elba R. S. Lemos ◽  
Suzana Carstensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Infection Prevalence ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
South Brazil

Ecological study of hantavirus infection in wild rodents in an endemic area in Brazil

Acta Tropica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Carvalho Oliveira ◽  
Rosana Gentile ◽  
Alexandro Guterres ◽  
Jorlan Fernandes ◽  
Bernardo Rodrigues Teixeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents

scholarly journals Study of hantavirus infection in captive breed colonies of wild rodents

2004 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 575-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
RC Oliveira ◽  
T Rozental ◽  
AA Alves-Corrêa ◽  
PS D'Andrea ◽  
HG Schatzmayr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents

scholarly journals Evidence of hantavirus infection in wild rodents captured in a rural area of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elba Regina S. de Lemos ◽  
Paulo S. D'Andrea ◽  
Cibele R. Bonvicino ◽  
Kátia M. Famadas ◽  
Paula Padula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Myocastor Coypus ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Andes Virus ◽  
Etiological Agents ◽  
Antigen Antibody ◽  
Oligoryzomys Flavescens

Hantaviruses are the etiological agents of the Hantavirus Cardio-Pulmonary Syndrome, a serious rodent-borne disease in Brazil. In order to investigate the occurrence of hantavirus infection in wild rodents, a survey was conducted in three different suburban areas of the municipality of Pedreira, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Of the 145 wild animals captured belonging to 12 different species identified by morphology and karyological analysis, 107 were rodents of the following species: Akodon montensis, Bolomys lasiurus, Calomys tener, Oligoryzomys nigripes, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Myocastor coypus. Blood samples from these rodents were assayed for the presence of antibodies against hantavirus by IgG ELISA using Andes recombinant nucleocapsid antigen. Antibody reactive to Andes virus was found in two different species, O. nigripes and O. flavescens. These results indicate a potential risk for hantavirus transmission to humans in this area, where reservoir rodents are present in peridomestic settings.

scholarly journals Twenty years of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Brazil: a review of epidemiological and clinical aspects

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (02) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor Laerte Pinto Junior ◽  
Amani Moura Hamidad ◽  
Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque Filho ◽  
Vitorino Modesto Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Febrile Illness ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Prodromal Phase ◽  
The Impact

Hantavirus infection is transmitted to humans by wild rodents and the most common clinical form in Brazil is the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). The first serological evidence of the disease was identified in 1990, in Recife, Pernambuco State, and later in 1993 in Juquitiba, State of São Paulo. Since then there has been a progressive increase in case notification in all regions of the country. The clinical aspects of the disease in Brazil are characterized by a prodromal phase, with nonspecific signs and symptoms of an acute febrile illness. After about three days, respiratory distress develops, accompanied by dry cough that turns progressively productive, evolving to dyspnea and respiratory failure with cardiogenic shock. Although the majority of patients receive hospital care in intensive care therapy units, case-fatality rate in Brazil ranges from 33% to 100% depending on the region. Besides it has to be added the problem of differential diagnosis with other prevalent diseases in the country, like dengue and leptospirosis. Questions about the impact of uncontrolled urbanization and other environmental changes caused by human action have been raised. Due to increasing incidence and high case-fatality, there is an urge to respond to such questions to recommend preventative measures. This article aims to review the main acquisitions in clinical and epidemiological knowledge about HPS in Brazil in the last twenty years.

scholarly journals Evidence of hantavirus in wild rodents in Northern Ireland

1996 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. McCaughey ◽  
W. I. Montgomery ◽  
N. Twomey ◽  
M. Addley ◽  
H. J. O'Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Rattus Norvegicus ◽  
Virus Antigen ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Seoul Virus ◽  
Field Mice ◽  
Culture Virus

SummaryA survey of evidence of rodent hantavirus infection in County Down, Northern Ireland was carried out by using immunofluorescence to detect virus antigen and antibody. Antibodies to hantavirus (R22 strain of Seoul virus and Hantaan 76–118) were found in 11/51 (21·6%) brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), 1/31 (3·2%) field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and 17/59 (28·8%) house mice (Mus domesticus). Seven rodents had evidence of hantavirus antigen in lung tissues. Antibody positive animals were significantly more likely to be adults than juveniles (P= 0·04) but and there was no sex difference between antibody positive and negative animals. House mice were more likely to be antibody positive if captured inside farm outbuildings (P= 0·08). Attempts to culture virus from the rodent material were unsuccessful. This work demonstrates a substantial rodent reservoir for hantavirus in Northern Ireland.

scholarly journals Diagnosis of hantavirus infection in humans and rodents in Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glauciane Garcia de Figueiredo ◽  
Alessandra Abel Borges ◽  
Gelse Mazzoni Campos ◽  
Alex Martins Machado ◽  
Fabiano Pinto Saggioro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Nucleotide Sequences ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
Serious Disease ◽  
Araraquara Virus

INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome (HPCS) is an emerging serious disease in the Americas. Hantaviruses (Bunyaviridae) are the causative agents of this syndrome and are mainly transmitted through inhalation of aerosols containing the excreta of wild rodents. In the Ribeirão Preto region (state of São Paulo, Brazil), HPCS has been reported since 1998, caused by the Araraquara virus (ARAV), for which Necromys lasiurus is the rodent reservoir. This study aimed to show diagnostic results relating to infection in humans and rodents, obtained at the Virology Research Center of the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, between 2005 and 2008. METHODS: HPCS was diagnosed by means of ELISA and/or RT-PCR in 11 (21.2%) out of 52 suspected cases, and 54.4% of these were fatal. Furthermore, 595 wild rodents (Necromys lasiurus, Akodon sp, Calomys tener and Oligoryzomys sp) were caught between 2005 and 2008. RESULTS: Fifteen (2.5%) of these rodents presented antibodies for hantavirus, as follows: Necromys lasiurus (4%), Calomys tener (1.9%) and Akodon sp (1.5%). Nucleotide sequences obtained through RT-PCR from one HPCS patient and one Calomys tener rodent were compared with hantavirus sequences from GenBank, which showed that both were homologous with ARAV. CONCLUSIONS: This work corroborates previous studies showing that ARAV is the hantavirus causing HPCS in the Ribeirão Preto region. It also shows that rodents infected with hantavirus represent a constant risk of transmission of this virus to man.

PREVALENCE OF HANTAVIRUS INFECTION IN WILD RODENTS FROM FIVE PROVINCES IN KOREA, 2007

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jungsang Ryou ◽  
Hee Il Lee ◽  
Youn Jeong Yoo ◽  
Yoon Tae Noh ◽  
Seok-Min Yun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Wild Rodents
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