Hantavirus in Zulia state?

During the last years, there has been a worldwide rise in the number of infectious diseases caused by newly discovered agents, in some cases and in others, by variants known as emergent or reemergent pathogens. The analysis of the nucleotide sequences of four RNA-positive hantaviruses (S. altoni) su...

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Published inInvestigación clínica Vol. 47; no. 4; p. 319
Main Authors Valero, Nereida, Larreal, Yraima
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Venezuela 01.12.2006
Subjects
Animals
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Hantavirus - genetics
Hantavirus - immunology
Hantavirus - isolation & purification
Hantavirus Infections - diagnosis
Hantavirus Infections - transmission
Hantavirus Infections - virology
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Immunoglobulin G - analysis
Phylogeny
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral - analysis
Rodentia - virology
Venezuela
Zoonoses
Venezuela
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Summary:During the last years, there has been a worldwide rise in the number of infectious diseases caused by newly discovered agents, in some cases and in others, by variants known as emergent or reemergent pathogens. The analysis of the nucleotide sequences of four RNA-positive hantaviruses (S. altoni) suggests that the Caño Delgadito virus is widely distributed in the Venezuelan plains. A similar distribution has been found for some isolates and strains of a novel hantavirus (proposed name "Mamporal"), which is phylogenetically very closely related to the pulmonary syndrome--causing hantaviruses of southern South America. There have not been clinical cases described or isolates of these viruses in Zulia state, Venezuela. However, some positive serological evidences suggest that their presence in this geographic area should be taken into consideration and further investigated.
ISSN:0535-5133