Serosurvey of hantavirus infection in humans in the border region between Brazil and Argentina

INTRODUCTION: According to reports by the Ministry of Health, in the far western region of the State of Santa Catarina, there have been no reports of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a zoonotic disease transmitted by feces of infected rodents. A seroepidemiological study of residents of this region, w...

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Main Authors: William Marciel de Souza, Alex Martins Machado, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Everton Boff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000200001&lng=en&tlng=en