A serosurvey for hantavirus infection in wild rodents from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-152

  Sobreira, M ^a   Souza, G T ^a   Moreli, M L ^b   Borges, A A ^c   Morais, F A ^c   Figueiredo, L T M ^c   Almeida, A M P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hantaviruses; Plague; Rodents

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY; BLOOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RODENT; SURVEY; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HANTAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SIGMODONTINAE;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

HANTAVIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 47549098465     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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