Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Outbreak, Brazil, December 2009–January 2010
- Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças
- Marina Atanaka dos Santos
- Marta Gislene Pignatti
- Mariano Martinez Espinosa
- Alba Valéria Gomes de Melo Via
- Jaqueline Aparecida Menegatti
Publication date
November 2013
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in the Sobradinho Indian settlement of the Kayabí ethnic group in northern Mato Grosso during December 2009–January 2010. We conducted a retrospective study to clarify the outbreak’s epidemiologic and clinical characteristics. Results suggest a relationship between the outbreak and deforestation and farming expansion in indigenous areas
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