%0 Journal Article
%T Primera evidencia serol車gica de infecci車n por Hantavirus en roedores, en Colombia
%A Alem芍n
%A Ader
%A Iguar芍n
%A Hayde谷
%A Puerta
%A Henry
%A Cantillo
%A C谷sar
%A Mills
%A James
%A Ariz
%A William
%A Mattar
%A Salim
%J Revista de Salud P迆blica
%D 2006
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%R 10.1590/S0124-00642006000400001
%X objective: determining hantavirus infection prevalence in rodents in the c車rdoba department, colombia. methods: rodents were captured using sherman live-capture traps (8x9x23 cm; sherman traps, inc., tallahassee, fl) in peridomestic areas of c車rdoba. hantavirus igg antibodies were detected by elisa using sin nombre virus (snv) recombinant nucleocapsid antigen (cdc, atlanta, georgia, usa). results: 336 rodents were captured in 11 townships in the c車rdoba department (murinae: 249; sigmodontinae: 68; heteromyidae: 17; echimyidae: 2; 8,5 % overall trap success) during 79 nights of trapping between january 2003 and november 2004. hantavirus antibody seroprevalence was 2,1 % (7 out of 336 captures). prevalence by genus varied between 5,9 % (1 out of 17 heteromys) to 50 % (1 out of 2 proechimys). conclusions: snv-reactive antibody prevalence in rodents in c車rdoba, colombia, indicated that at least one hantavirus is endemic in rodents in northern colombia and is frequently transmitted to rural residents.
%K hantavirus
%K rodent
%K colombia
%K seroprevalence.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-00642006000400001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en