Rickettsia bellii, Rickettsia amblyommii, and Laguna Negra hantavirus in an Indian reserve in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to identify the presence of rickettsia and hantavirus in wild rodents and arthropods in response to an outbreak of acute unidentified febrile illness among Indians in the Halataikwa Indian Reserve, northwest of the Mato Grosso state, in the Brazilian...

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Main Authors: Lívia de Barros Lopes, Alexandro Guterres, Tatiana Rozental, Renata Carvalho de Oliveira, Maria Angélica Mares-Guia, Jorlan Fernandes, José Ferreira Figueredo, Inês Anschau, Sebastião de Jesus, Ana Beatriz M V Almeida, Valéria Cristina da Silva, Alba Valéria Gomes de Melo Via, Cibele Rodrigues Bonvicino, Paulo Sérgio D’Andrea, Jairo Dias Barreira, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-191