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“…Growing urbanization of areas that are considered rural, camping in the wilderness and other outdoor recreational activities (ecotourism and fishing) and the activities of professionals such as veterinarians, biologists, engineers and agronomists, among others, have facilitated the transmission of hantavirus to middle- and high-income persons [245,246,247,248]. …”

Section: Risk Factors For Hantavirus Transmission To Humansmentioning

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Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil

Oliveira

Guterres

Fernandes

et al. 2014

Viruses

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Since the recognition of hantavirus as the agent responsible for haemorrhagic fever in Eurasia in the 1970s and, 20 years later, the descovery of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Americas, the genus Hantavirus has been continually described throughout the World in a variety of wild animals. The diversity of wild animals infected with hantaviruses has only recently come into focus as a result of expanded wildlife studies. The known reservoirs are more than 80, belonging to 51 species of rodents, 7 bats (order Chiroptera) and 20 shrews and moles (order Soricomorpha). More than 80genetically related viruses have been classified within Hantavirus genus; 25 recognized as human pathogens responsible for a large spectrum of diseases in the Old and New World. In Brazil, where the diversity of mammals and especially rodents is considered one of the largest in the world, 9 hantavirus genotypes have been identified in 12 rodent species belonging to the genus Akodon, Calomys, Holochilus, Oligoryzomys, Oxymycterus, Necromys and Rattus. Considering the increasing number of animals that have been implicated as reservoirs of different hantaviruses, the understanding of this diversity is important for evaluating the risk of distinct hantavirus species as human pathogens.

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Section: Risk Factors For Hantavirus Transmission To Humansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil

Oliveira

Guterres

Fernandes

et al. 2014

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: high-resolution CT findings in one patient

Gasparetto

Davaus²,

Escuissato³

et al. 2007

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Physical examination demonstrated petechiae, leg oedema and mild dyspnoea. Chest radiograph showed minimal bilateral hazy increased opacification, mainly on the right side, and small bilateral pleural effusions. High-resolution CT demonstrated extensive bilateral ground-glass opacities most severe in the middle and lower lung zones. Also noted were a few slightly thickened interlobular septa, a few poorly defined small nodules, bronchial wall thickening and small bilateral pleural effusions. Blood tests revealed high leukocyte and low platelet counts. Renal function was normal. Serological test (ELISA) for hantavirus using SNV (Sin Nombre virus) antigen was positive. The patient received supportive treatment, gradually improved, and was discharged 10 days after hospital admission. His symptoms completely resolved and follow-up radiographs returned to normal.

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Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil

Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: high-resolution CT findings in one patient

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