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

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...

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Autores principales: Carvalho de Oliveira, Renata, Guterres, Alexandro, Fernandes, Jorlan, D’Andrea, Paulo Sérgio, Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues, de Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio
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Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24784571
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6051929
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author Carvalho de Oliveira, Renata
Guterres, Alexandro
Fernandes, Jorlan
D’Andrea, Paulo Sérgio
Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues
de Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio
author_facet Carvalho de Oliveira, Renata
Guterres, Alexandro
Fernandes, Jorlan
D’Andrea, Paulo Sérgio
Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues
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description 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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spelling pubmed-40365402014-05-28 Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil Carvalho de Oliveira, Renata Guterres, Alexandro Fernandes, Jorlan D’Andrea, Paulo Sérgio Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues de Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio Viruses Review 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. MDPI 2014-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4036540/ /pubmed/24784571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6051929 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Guterres, Alexandro
Fernandes, Jorlan
D’Andrea, Paulo Sérgio
Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues
de Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio
Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil
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title_fullStr Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil
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title_short Hantavirus Reservoirs: Current Status with an Emphasis on Data from Brazil
title_sort hantavirus reservoirs: current status with an emphasis on data from brazil
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24784571
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6051929
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