Title |
Rickettsia bellii, Rickettsia amblyommii, and Laguna Negra hantavirus in an Indian reserve in the Brazilian Amazon
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-7-191 |
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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 |
Abstract |
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 Amazon. Where previously surveillance data showed serologic evidence of rickettsia and hantavirus human infection. |
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Geographical breakdown
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Brazil | 3 | 4% |
Colombia | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 78 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Master | 16 | 20% |
Researcher | 16 | 20% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
Other | 12 | 15% |
Unknown | 15 | 18% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 28% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 8 | 10% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 10% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 10% |
Unspecified | 3 | 4% |
Other | 10 | 12% |
Unknown | 22 | 27% |