2011
DOI: 10.17525/vrrjournal.v16i1-2.54
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2010-2011

Abstract: Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is a severe disease caused by Hantaviruses. In the present study, we have analyzed sera of 62 HCPS suspected cases from the region of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, in the period of 2010-2011. Clinical samples of twelve patients were positive, based on both RT-PCR and IgM-ELISA. Hantavirus-infected patients included 8 males and 4 females, 16-57 years old, 3 of whom were rural workers (25%) and one of them related direct contact with wild rodents. The majority of the other patients (… Show more

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