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ArticleParasites & vectors2014

Rickettsia bellii, Rickettsia amblyommii, and Laguna Negra hantavirus in an Indian reserve in the Brazilian Amazon.

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 and 6 more

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Article in Parasites & vectors, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lívia de Barros Lopes
Alexandro GuterresLaboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21045-900, Brazil. guterres@ioc.fiocruz.br.
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
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRFundação Saúde · BRSecretaria da Saúde · BRMinistério da Saúde · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 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.

methodsThe arthropods were collected from the healthy Indian population and by flagging vegetation in grassland or woodland along the peridomestic environment of the Indian reserve. Wild rodents were live-trapped in an area bordering the reserve limits, due the impossibility of capturing wild animals in the Indian reserve. The wild rodents were identified based on external and cranial morphology and karyotype. DNA was extracted from spleen or liver samples of rodents and from invertebrate (tick and louse) pools, and the molecular characterization of the rickettsia was through PCR and DNA sequencing of fragments of two rickettsial genes (gltA and ompA). In relation to hantavirus, rodent serum samples were serologically screened by IgG ELISA using the Araraquara-N antigen and total RNA was extracted from lung samples of IgG-positive rodents. The amplification of the complete S segment was performed.

resultsA total of 153 wild rodents, 121 louse, and 36 tick specimens were collected in 2010. Laguna Negra hantavirus was identified in Calomys callidus rodents and Rickettsia bellii, Rickettsia amblyommii were identified in Amblyomma cajennense ticks.

conclusionsZoonotic diseases such as HCPS and spotted fever rickettsiosis are a public health threat and should be considered in outbreaks and acute febrile illnesses among Indian populations. The presence of the genome of rickettsias and hantavirus in animals in this Indian reserve reinforces the need to include these infectious agents in outbreak investigations of febrile cases in Indian populations.

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AnimalsBrazilDisease ReservoirsHumansLarvaMolecular Sequence DataNymphOrthohantavirusPhylogenyRickettsiaRodentiaTicks

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PMID24742108
PMCPMC4018656
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