Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in rural and urban regions in the state of Amazonas, Brazil

Hantavirus disease is caused by the hantavirus, which is an RNA virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae. Hantavirus disease is an anthropozoonotic infection transmitted through the inhalation of aerosols from the excreta of hantavirus-infected rodents. In the county of Itacoatiara in the state of...

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Main Authors: João Bosco Lima Gimaque, Michele de Souza Bastos, Wornei Silva Miranda Braga, Cintia Mara Costa de Oliveira, Márcia da Costa Castilho, Regina Maria Pinto de Figueiredo, Elizabeth dos Santos Galusso, Evaulino Ferreira Itapirema, Luiz Tadeu Moraes de Figueiredo, Maria Paula Gomes Mourão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2012-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000100019&lng=en&tlng=en