Prevalence of antibody to hantaviruses in humans and rodents in the Caribbean region of Colombia determined using Araraquara and Maciel virus antigens

Prevalence of antibody to hantaviruses in humans and rodents in the Caribbean region of Colombia determined using Araraquara and Maciel virus antigens

We tested sera from 286 agricultural workers and 322 rodents in the department of Córdoba, northeastern Colombia, for antibodies against two hantaviruses. The sera were analysed by indirect ELISA using the lysate of Vero E6 cells infected with Maciel virus (MACV) or the N protein of Araraquara virus...

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Main Authors: Camilo Guzmán, Salim Mattar, Silvana Levis, Noemí Pini, Tadeu Figueiredo, James Mills, Jorge Salazar-Bravo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
hantavirus
Colombia
epidemiological surveillance
Rodentia
public health
immunoassay
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000200167&lng=en&tlng=en

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