TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence of hantavirus infection among bats in Brazil
AU - Sabino-Santos, Gilberto
AU - Maia, Felipe Gonçalves Motta
AU - Vieira, Thallyta Maria
AU - Muylaert, Renata De Lara
AU - Lima, Sabrina Miranda
AU - Gonçalves, Cristieli Barros
AU - Barroso, Patricia Doerl
AU - Melo, Maria Norma
AU - Jonsson, Colleen B.
AU - Goodin, Douglas
AU - Salazar-Bravo, Jorge
AU - Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses harbored by rodents, bats, and shrews. At present, only rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with severe illness in humans. New species of hantaviruses have been recently identified in bats and shrews greatly expanding the potential reservoirs and ranges of these viruses. Brazil has one of the highest incidences of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in South America, hence it is critical to know what is the prevalence of hantaviruses in Brazil. Although much is known about rodent reservoirs, little is known regarding bats. We captured 270 bats from February 2012 to April 2014. Serum was screened for the presence of antibodies against a recombinant nucleoprotein (rN) of Araraquara virus (ARAQV). The prevalence of antibody to hantavirus was 9/53 with an overall seroprevalence of 17%. Previous studies have shown only insectivorous bats to harbor hantavirus; however, in our study, of the nine seropositive bats, five were frugivorous, one was carnivorous, and three were sanguivorous phyllostomid bats.
AB - Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses harbored by rodents, bats, and shrews. At present, only rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with severe illness in humans. New species of hantaviruses have been recently identified in bats and shrews greatly expanding the potential reservoirs and ranges of these viruses. Brazil has one of the highest incidences of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in South America, hence it is critical to know what is the prevalence of hantaviruses in Brazil. Although much is known about rodent reservoirs, little is known regarding bats. We captured 270 bats from February 2012 to April 2014. Serum was screened for the presence of antibodies against a recombinant nucleoprotein (rN) of Araraquara virus (ARAQV). The prevalence of antibody to hantavirus was 9/53 with an overall seroprevalence of 17%. Previous studies have shown only insectivorous bats to harbor hantavirus; however, in our study, of the nine seropositive bats, five were frugivorous, one was carnivorous, and three were sanguivorous phyllostomid bats.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0032
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0032
M3 - Article
C2 - 26078322
AN - SCOPUS:84939230810
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 93
SP - 404
EP - 406
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -