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Seropositivity diagnosis for hantavirus in Jataí, Goiás State, Brazil
Marcos Lázaro Moreli1, Daiane Pereira da Silva Novaes1, Enia Cristina Flor2
1Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Jataí, GO, Brasil.
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.
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