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Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos
Laboratory of Hantaviruses and Rickettsiosis, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Published: 26 July 2021 in Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Background Q fever is among the top 13 global priority zoonoses, however, it is still neglected and under-reported in most of the world, including Brazil. Thus, we evaluated the seroprevalence of and the risk factors for Coxiella burnetii infections in humans from Minas Gerais, a highly urbanised Brazilian state. Methods Coxiella burnetii was searched for patient samples (n=437), which were suspected of then later confirmed as negative for dengue fever, by the indirect immunofluorescence technique and real-time PCR. Risk factors for infections and spatial clusters for both C. burnetii-seropositive individuals and livestock concentration were evaluated. Results We found that 21 samples (4.8%; 95% CI 3.0 to 7.2%) were reactive for at least one class of anti-C. burnetii antibodies (titer of ≥64), with rural residence (p=0.036) being a risk factor. Also, two spatial clusters of seropositivity were found within a significant area by Scan, and a probable relationship between the Scan result and the livestock concentration by area was found. Conclusions Seropositive individuals were associated with rural residence, with a likely relationship with the livestock concentration. Thus, this study establishes baseline figures for C. burnetii seroprevalence in humans in a state of Brazil, allowing the monitoring of trends and setting of control targets, as well as more representative longitudinal and risk analysis studies.

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Igor Rosa Meurer; Marcio Roberto Silva; Marcos Vinícius Ferreira Silva; Ana Íris De Lima Duré; Talita Émile Ribeiro Adelino; Alana Vitor Barbosa da Costa; Chislene Pereira Vanelli; Ricardo José De Paula Souza E Guimarães; Tatiana Rozental; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; José Otávio Do Amaral Corrêa. Seroprevalence estimate and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii infections among humans in a highly urbanised Brazilian state. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021, 1 .

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Igor Rosa Meurer, Marcio Roberto Silva, Marcos Vinícius Ferreira Silva, Ana Íris De Lima Duré, Talita Émile Ribeiro Adelino, Alana Vitor Barbosa da Costa, Chislene Pereira Vanelli, Ricardo José De Paula Souza E Guimarães, Tatiana Rozental, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, José Otávio Do Amaral Corrêa. Seroprevalence estimate and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii infections among humans in a highly urbanised Brazilian state. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2021; ():1.

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Igor Rosa Meurer; Marcio Roberto Silva; Marcos Vinícius Ferreira Silva; Ana Íris De Lima Duré; Talita Émile Ribeiro Adelino; Alana Vitor Barbosa da Costa; Chislene Pereira Vanelli; Ricardo José De Paula Souza E Guimarães; Tatiana Rozental; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; José Otávio Do Amaral Corrêa. 2021. "Seroprevalence estimate and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii infections among humans in a highly urbanised Brazilian state." Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , no. : 1.

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Published: 27 June 2021
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In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is trans-mitted via airborne route, caused a new pandemic namely, 'coronavirus disease 2019' (COVID-19). Although it is still debated whether the use of masks can prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, no study has evaluated the virus-blocking efficacy of masks used by patients. We aimed to evaluate this efficacy of masks used by SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals. Data, masks used, and nasopharyngeal swab samples were obtained from these patients. Forty-five paired samples of nasopharyngeal swabs and masks were obtained and processed; the majority of masks were woven. Viral RNAs were amplified using quantitative reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction and detected only on the inner parts of masks. Median cycle threshold (CT) values of swabs and masks were 28.41 and 37.95, respectively. Statistically, there was a difference of ap-proximately 10 CT values between swabs and masks and no significant difference in CT values among different types of masks. There were statistically significant differences in CT values be-tween men and women and symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Our findings suggest the blocking of the transmission of the virus by different types of masks and reinforce the use of masks by both infected and non-infected individuals.

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Vinicius M. Mello; Cristiane M. Eller; Andreza L. Salvio; Felipe F. Nascimento; Camila M. Figueiredo; Emanuelle S. R. F. Silva; Paulo S. F. Sousa; Pamela F. Costa; Anne A. P. Paiva; Maria Angelica M. M. Mares-Guias; Elba R. S. Lemos; Marco A. P. Horta. Effectiveness of Face Masks in Blocking the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a Preliminary Evaluation of Masks Used by SARS-CoV-2-Infected Individuals. 2021, 1 .

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Vinicius M. Mello, Cristiane M. Eller, Andreza L. Salvio, Felipe F. Nascimento, Camila M. Figueiredo, Emanuelle S. R. F. Silva, Paulo S. F. Sousa, Pamela F. Costa, Anne A. P. Paiva, Maria Angelica M. M. Mares-Guias, Elba R. S. Lemos, Marco A. P. Horta. Effectiveness of Face Masks in Blocking the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a Preliminary Evaluation of Masks Used by SARS-CoV-2-Infected Individuals. . 2021; ():1.

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Vinicius M. Mello; Cristiane M. Eller; Andreza L. Salvio; Felipe F. Nascimento; Camila M. Figueiredo; Emanuelle S. R. F. Silva; Paulo S. F. Sousa; Pamela F. Costa; Anne A. P. Paiva; Maria Angelica M. M. Mares-Guias; Elba R. S. Lemos; Marco A. P. Horta. 2021. "Effectiveness of Face Masks in Blocking the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a Preliminary Evaluation of Masks Used by SARS-CoV-2-Infected Individuals." , no. : 1.

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Published: 22 June 2021 in Viruses
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Bats are hosts of a range of viruses, and their great diversity and unique characteristics that distinguish them from all other mammals have been related to the maintenance, evolution, and dissemination of these pathogens. Recently, very divergent hantaviruses have been discovered in distinct species of bats worldwide, but their association with human disease remains unclear. Considering the low success rates of detecting hantavirus RNA in bat tissues and that to date no hantaviruses have been isolated from bat samples, immunodiagnostic tools could be very helpful to understand pathogenesis, epidemiology, and geographic range of bat-borne hantaviruses. In this sense, we aimed to identify in silico immunogenic B-cell epitopes present on bat-borne hantaviruses nucleoprotein (NP) and verify if they are conserved among them and other selected members of Mammantavirinae, using a combination of (the three most used) different prediction algorithms, ELLIPRO, Discotope 2.0, and PEPITO server. To support our data, we in silico modeled 3D structures of NPs from representative members of bat-borne hantaviruses, using comparative and ab initio methods due to the absence of crystallographic structures of studied proteins or similar models in the Protein Data Bank. Our analysis demonstrated the antigenic complexity of the bat-borne hantaviruses group, showing a low sequence conservation of epitopes among members of its own group and a minor conservation degree in comparison to Orthohantavirus, with a recognized importance to public health. Our data suggest that the use of recombinant rodent-borne hantavirus NPs to cross-detect antibodies against bat- or shrew-borne viruses could underestimate the real impact of this virus in nature.

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Renata de Oliveira; Jorlan Fernandes; Elba de Sampaio Lemos; Fernando De Paiva Conte; Rodrigo Rodrigues-Da-Silva. The Serological Cross-Detection of Bat-Borne Hantaviruses: A Valid Strategy or Taking Chances? Viruses 2021, 13, 1188 .

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Renata de Oliveira, Jorlan Fernandes, Elba de Sampaio Lemos, Fernando De Paiva Conte, Rodrigo Rodrigues-Da-Silva. The Serological Cross-Detection of Bat-Borne Hantaviruses: A Valid Strategy or Taking Chances? Viruses. 2021; 13 (7):1188.

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Renata de Oliveira; Jorlan Fernandes; Elba de Sampaio Lemos; Fernando De Paiva Conte; Rodrigo Rodrigues-Da-Silva. 2021. "The Serological Cross-Detection of Bat-Borne Hantaviruses: A Valid Strategy or Taking Chances?" Viruses 13, no. 7: 1188.

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Published: 11 June 2021 in Viruses
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In Brazil, the first confirmed cases of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Indigenous populations occurred in 2001. The purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of orthohantavirus infections in the Utiariti Indigenous land located in the southeastern region of the Brazilian Amazon. In December 2014 and 2015, a survey was conducted using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in nine villages belonging to the Haliti–Paresí Indigenous communities. A total of 301 participants were enrolled in the study. Of the two study cohorts, the one from 2014 showed a prevalence of 12.4%, whereas the one from 2015 had a serum prevalence of 13.4%. Analysis of the paired samples of 110 Indigenous people who participated in both stages of the study enabled identification of four individuals who had seroconverted during the study period. Identifying the circulation of orthohantaviruses in the Utiariti Indigenous land highlights a serious public health problem in viral expansion and highlights the need to implement preventive measures appropriate to the sociocultural reality of these communities.

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Ana Terças-Trettel; Alba de Melo; Renata de Oliveira; Alexandro Guterres; Jorlan Fernandes; Liana Pereira; Marina Atanaka; Mariano Espinosa; Bernardo Teixeira; Cibele Bonvicino; Paulo D’Andrea; Elba de Lemos. Orthohantavirus Survey in Indigenous Lands in a Savannah-Like Biome, Brazil. Viruses 2021, 13, 1122 .

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Ana Terças-Trettel, Alba de Melo, Renata de Oliveira, Alexandro Guterres, Jorlan Fernandes, Liana Pereira, Marina Atanaka, Mariano Espinosa, Bernardo Teixeira, Cibele Bonvicino, Paulo D’Andrea, Elba de Lemos. Orthohantavirus Survey in Indigenous Lands in a Savannah-Like Biome, Brazil. Viruses. 2021; 13 (6):1122.

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Ana Terças-Trettel; Alba de Melo; Renata de Oliveira; Alexandro Guterres; Jorlan Fernandes; Liana Pereira; Marina Atanaka; Mariano Espinosa; Bernardo Teixeira; Cibele Bonvicino; Paulo D’Andrea; Elba de Lemos. 2021. "Orthohantavirus Survey in Indigenous Lands in a Savannah-Like Biome, Brazil." Viruses 13, no. 6: 1122.

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Published: 23 November 2020 in Cells
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Mammarenaviruses are a diverse genus of emerging viruses that include several causative agents of severe viral hemorrhagic fevers with high mortality in humans. Although these viruses share many similarities, important differences with regard to pathogenicity, type of immune response, and molecular mechanisms during virus infection are different between and within New World and Old World viral infections. Viruses rely exclusively on the host cellular machinery to translate their genome, and therefore to replicate and propagate. miRNAs are the crucial factor in diverse biological processes such as antiviral defense, oncogenesis, and cell development. The viral infection can exert a profound impact on the cellular miRNA expression profile, and numerous RNA viruses have been reported to interact directly with cellular miRNAs and/or to use these miRNAs to augment their replication potential. Our present study indicates that mammarenavirus infection induces metabolic reprogramming of host cells, probably manipulating cellular microRNAs. A number of metabolic pathways, including valine, leucine, and isoleucine biosynthesis, d-Glutamine and d-glutamate metabolism, thiamine metabolism, and pools of several amino acids were impacted by the predicted miRNAs that would no longer regulate these pathways. A deeper understanding of mechanisms by which mammarenaviruses handle these signaling pathways is critical for understanding the virus/host interactions and potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets, through the inhibition of specific pathologic metabolic pathways.

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Jorlan Fernandes; Renan Lyra Miranda; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos; Alexandro Guterres. MicroRNAs and Mammarenaviruses: Modulating Cellular Metabolism. Cells 2020, 9, 2525 .

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Jorlan Fernandes, Renan Lyra Miranda, Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos, Alexandro Guterres. MicroRNAs and Mammarenaviruses: Modulating Cellular Metabolism. Cells. 2020; 9 (11):2525.

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Jorlan Fernandes; Renan Lyra Miranda; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos; Alexandro Guterres. 2020. "MicroRNAs and Mammarenaviruses: Modulating Cellular Metabolism." Cells 9, no. 11: 2525.

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Published: 04 September 2020 in Archives of Virology
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In March 2020, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. At the genus rank, 20 new genera were added, two were deleted, one was moved, and three were renamed. At the species rank, 160 species were added, four were deleted, ten were moved and renamed, and 30 species were renamed. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as now accepted by the ICTV.

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Jens H. Kuhn; Scott Adkins; Daniela Alioto; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Simon J. Anthony; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; María A. Ayllón; Justin Bahl; Anne Balkema-Buschmann; Matthew J. Ballinger; Tomáš Bartonička; Christopher Basler; Sina Bavari; Martin Beer; Dennis A. Bente; Éric Bergeron; Brian H. Bird; Carol Blair; Kim R. Blasdell; Steven B. Bradfute; Rachel Breyta; Thomas Briese; Paul A. Brown; Ursula J. Buchholz; Michael J. Buchmeier; Alexander Bukreyev; Felicity Burt; Nihal Buzkan; Charles H. Calisher; Mengji Cao; Inmaculada Casas; John Chamberlain; Kartik Chandran; Rémi N. Charrel; Biao Chen; Michela Chiumenti; Il-Ryong Choi; J. Christopher S. Clegg; Ian Crozier; John V. Da Graça; Elena Dal Bó; Alberto M. R. Dávila; Juan Carlos De La Torre; Xavier De Lamballerie; Rik L. De Swart; Patrick L. Di Bello; Nicholas Di Paola; Francesco Di Serio; Ralf G. Dietzgen; Michele Digiaro; Valerian V. Dolja; Olga Dolnik; Michael A. Drebot; Jan Felix Drexler; Ralf Dürrwald; Lucie Dufkova; William G. Dundon; W. Paul Duprex; John M. Dye; Andrew J. Easton; Hideki Ebihara; Toufic Elbeaino; Koray Ergünay; Jorlan Fernandes; Anthony R. Fooks; Pierre B. H. Formenty; Leonie F. Forth; Ron A. M. Fouchier; Juliana Freitas-Astúa; Selma Gago-Zachert; George Fú Gāo; María Laura García; Adolfo García-Sastre; Aura R. Garrison; Aiah Gbakima; Tracey Goldstein; Jean-Paul J. Gonzalez; Anthony Griffiths; Martin H. Groschup; Stephan Günther; Alexandro Guterres; Roy A. Hall; John Hammond; Mohamed Hassan; Jussi Hepojoki; Satu Hepojoki; Udo Hetzel; Roger Hewson; Bernd Hoffmann; Seiji Hongo; Dirk Höper; Masayuki Horie; Holly R. Hughes; Timothy H. Hyndman; Amara Jambai; Rodrigo Jardim; Dàohóng Jiāng; Qi Jin; Gilda B. Jonson; Sandra Junglen; Serpil Karadağ; Karen E. Keller; Boris Klempa; Jonas Klingström; Gary Kobinger; Hideki Kondō; Eugene V. Koonin; Mart Krupovic; Gael Kurath; Ivan V. Kuzmin; Lies Laenen; Robert A. Lamb; Amy J. Lambert; Stanley L. Langevin; Benhur Lee; Elba R. S. Lemos; Eric M. Leroy; Dexin Li; Jiànróng Lǐ; Mifang Liang; Wénwén Liú; Yàn Liú; Igor S. Lukashevich; Piet Maes; William Marciel De Souza; Marco Marklewitz; Sergio H. Marshall; Giovanni P. Martelli; Robert R. Martin; Shin-Yi L. Marzano; Sébastien Massart; John W. McCauley; Nicole Mielke-Ehret; Angelantonio Minafra; Maria Minutolo; Ali Mirazimi; Hans-Peter Mühlbach; Elke Mühlberger; Rayapati Naidu; Tomohide Natsuaki; Beatriz Navarro; José A. Navarro; Sergey V. Netesov; Gabriele Neumann; Norbert Nowotny; Márcio R. T. Nunes; Are Nylund; Arnfinn L. Økland; Renata C. Oliveira; Gustavo Palacios; Vicente Pallas; Bernadett Pályi; Anna Papa; Colin R. Parrish; Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa; Janusz T. Pawęska; Susan Payne; Daniel R. Pérez; Florian Pfaff; Sheli R. Radoshitzky; Aziz-Ul Rahman; Pedro L. Ramos-González; Renato O. Resende; Carina A. Reyes; Bertus K. Rima; Víctor Romanowski; Gabriel Robles Luna; Paul Rota; Dennis Rubbenstroth; Jonathan A. Runstadler; Daniel Ruzek; Sead Sabanadzovic; Jiří Salát; Amadou Alpha Sall; Maria S. Salvato; Kamil Sarpkaya; Takahide Sasaya; Martin Schwemmle; Muhammad Z. Shabbir; Xiǎohóng Shí; Zhènglì Shí; Yukio Shirako; Peter Simmonds; Jana Širmarová; Manuela Sironi; Sophie Smither; Teemu Smura; Jin-Won Song; Kirsten M. Spann; Jessica R. Spengler; Mark D. Stenglein; David M. Stone; Petra Straková; Ayato Takada; Robert B. Tesh; Natalie J. Thornburg; Keizō Tomonaga; Noël Tordo; Jonathan S. Towner; Massimo Turina; Ioannis Tzanetakis; Rainer G. Ulrich; Anna Maria Vaira; Bernadette Van Den Hoogen; Arvind Varsani; Nikos Vasilakis; Martin Verbeek; Victoria Wahl; Peter J. Walker; Hui Wang; Jianwei Wang; Xifeng Wang; Lin-Fa Wang; Tàiyún Wèi; Heather Wells; Anna E. Whitfield; John V. Williams; Yuri I. Wolf; Zhìqiáng Wú; Xin Yang; Xīnglóu Yáng; Xuejie Yu; Natalya Yutin; F. Murilo Zerbini; Tong Zhang; Yong-Zhen Zhang; Guohui Zhou; Xueping Zhou. 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales. Archives of Virology 2020, 165, 3023 -3072.

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Jens H. Kuhn, Scott Adkins, Daniela Alioto, Sergey V. Alkhovsky, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Simon J. Anthony, Tatjana Avšič-Županc, María A. Ayllón, Justin Bahl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Matthew J. Ballinger, Tomáš Bartonička, Christopher Basler, Sina Bavari, Martin Beer, Dennis A. Bente, Éric Bergeron, Brian H. Bird, Carol Blair, Kim R. Blasdell, Steven B. Bradfute, Rachel Breyta, Thomas Briese, Paul A. Brown, Ursula J. Buchholz, Michael J. Buchmeier, Alexander Bukreyev, Felicity Burt, Nihal Buzkan, Charles H. Calisher, Mengji Cao, Inmaculada Casas, John Chamberlain, Kartik Chandran, Rémi N. Charrel, Biao Chen, Michela Chiumenti, Il-Ryong Choi, J. Christopher S. Clegg, Ian Crozier, John V. Da Graça, Elena Dal Bó, Alberto M. R. Dávila, Juan Carlos De La Torre, Xavier De Lamballerie, Rik L. De Swart, Patrick L. Di Bello, Nicholas Di Paola, Francesco Di Serio, Ralf G. Dietzgen, Michele Digiaro, Valerian V. Dolja, Olga Dolnik, Michael A. Drebot, Jan Felix Drexler, Ralf Dürrwald, Lucie Dufkova, William G. Dundon, W. Paul Duprex, John M. Dye, Andrew J. Easton, Hideki Ebihara, Toufic Elbeaino, Koray Ergünay, Jorlan Fernandes, Anthony R. Fooks, Pierre B. H. Formenty, Leonie F. Forth, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Juliana Freitas-Astúa, Selma Gago-Zachert, George Fú Gāo, María Laura García, Adolfo García-Sastre, Aura R. Garrison, Aiah Gbakima, Tracey Goldstein, Jean-Paul J. Gonzalez, Anthony Griffiths, Martin H. Groschup, Stephan Günther, Alexandro Guterres, Roy A. Hall, John Hammond, Mohamed Hassan, Jussi Hepojoki, Satu Hepojoki, Udo Hetzel, Roger Hewson, Bernd Hoffmann, Seiji Hongo, Dirk Höper, Masayuki Horie, Holly R. Hughes, Timothy H. Hyndman, Amara Jambai, Rodrigo Jardim, Dàohóng Jiāng, Qi Jin, Gilda B. Jonson, Sandra Junglen, Serpil Karadağ, Karen E. Keller, Boris Klempa, Jonas Klingström, Gary Kobinger, Hideki Kondō, Eugene V. Koonin, Mart Krupovic, Gael Kurath, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Lies Laenen, Robert A. Lamb, Amy J. Lambert, Stanley L. Langevin, Benhur Lee, Elba R. S. Lemos, Eric M. Leroy, Dexin Li, Jiànróng Lǐ, Mifang Liang, Wénwén Liú, Yàn Liú, Igor S. Lukashevich, Piet Maes, William Marciel De Souza, Marco Marklewitz, Sergio H. Marshall, Giovanni P. Martelli, Robert R. Martin, Shin-Yi L. Marzano, Sébastien Massart, John W. McCauley, Nicole Mielke-Ehret, Angelantonio Minafra, Maria Minutolo, Ali Mirazimi, Hans-Peter Mühlbach, Elke Mühlberger, Rayapati Naidu, Tomohide Natsuaki, Beatriz Navarro, José A. Navarro, Sergey V. Netesov, Gabriele Neumann, Norbert Nowotny, Márcio R. T. Nunes, Are Nylund, Arnfinn L. Økland, Renata C. Oliveira, Gustavo Palacios, Vicente Pallas, Bernadett Pályi, Anna Papa, Colin R. Parrish, Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa, Janusz T. Pawęska, Susan Payne, Daniel R. Pérez, Florian Pfaff, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Aziz-Ul Rahman, Pedro L. Ramos-González, Renato O. Resende, Carina A. Reyes, Bertus K. Rima, Víctor Romanowski, Gabriel Robles Luna, Paul Rota, Dennis Rubbenstroth, Jonathan A. Runstadler, Daniel Ruzek, Sead Sabanadzovic, Jiří Salát, Amadou Alpha Sall, Maria S. Salvato, Kamil Sarpkaya, Takahide Sasaya, Martin Schwemmle, Muhammad Z. Shabbir, Xiǎohóng Shí, Zhènglì Shí, Yukio Shirako, Peter Simmonds, Jana Širmarová, Manuela Sironi, Sophie Smither, Teemu Smura, Jin-Won Song, Kirsten M. Spann, Jessica R. Spengler, Mark D. Stenglein, David M. Stone, Petra Straková, Ayato Takada, Robert B. Tesh, Natalie J. Thornburg, Keizō Tomonaga, Noël Tordo, Jonathan S. Towner, Massimo Turina, Ioannis Tzanetakis, Rainer G. Ulrich, Anna Maria Vaira, Bernadette Van Den Hoogen, Arvind Varsani, Nikos Vasilakis, Martin Verbeek, Victoria Wahl, Peter J. Walker, Hui Wang, Jianwei Wang, Xifeng Wang, Lin-Fa Wang, Tàiyún Wèi, Heather Wells, Anna E. Whitfield, John V. Williams, Yuri I. Wolf, Zhìqiáng Wú, Xin Yang, Xīnglóu Yáng, Xuejie Yu, Natalya Yutin, F. Murilo Zerbini, Tong Zhang, Yong-Zhen Zhang, Guohui Zhou, Xueping Zhou. 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales. Archives of Virology. 2020; 165 (12):3023-3072.

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Jens H. Kuhn; Scott Adkins; Daniela Alioto; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Simon J. Anthony; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; María A. Ayllón; Justin Bahl; Anne Balkema-Buschmann; Matthew J. Ballinger; Tomáš Bartonička; Christopher Basler; Sina Bavari; Martin Beer; Dennis A. Bente; Éric Bergeron; Brian H. Bird; Carol Blair; Kim R. Blasdell; Steven B. Bradfute; Rachel Breyta; Thomas Briese; Paul A. Brown; Ursula J. Buchholz; Michael J. Buchmeier; Alexander Bukreyev; Felicity Burt; Nihal Buzkan; Charles H. Calisher; Mengji Cao; Inmaculada Casas; John Chamberlain; Kartik Chandran; Rémi N. Charrel; Biao Chen; Michela Chiumenti; Il-Ryong Choi; J. Christopher S. Clegg; Ian Crozier; John V. Da Graça; Elena Dal Bó; Alberto M. R. Dávila; Juan Carlos De La Torre; Xavier De Lamballerie; Rik L. De Swart; Patrick L. Di Bello; Nicholas Di Paola; Francesco Di Serio; Ralf G. Dietzgen; Michele Digiaro; Valerian V. Dolja; Olga Dolnik; Michael A. Drebot; Jan Felix Drexler; Ralf Dürrwald; Lucie Dufkova; William G. Dundon; W. Paul Duprex; John M. Dye; Andrew J. Easton; Hideki Ebihara; Toufic Elbeaino; Koray Ergünay; Jorlan Fernandes; Anthony R. Fooks; Pierre B. H. Formenty; Leonie F. Forth; Ron A. M. Fouchier; Juliana Freitas-Astúa; Selma Gago-Zachert; George Fú Gāo; María Laura García; Adolfo García-Sastre; Aura R. Garrison; Aiah Gbakima; Tracey Goldstein; Jean-Paul J. Gonzalez; Anthony Griffiths; Martin H. Groschup; Stephan Günther; Alexandro Guterres; Roy A. Hall; John Hammond; Mohamed Hassan; Jussi Hepojoki; Satu Hepojoki; Udo Hetzel; Roger Hewson; Bernd Hoffmann; Seiji Hongo; Dirk Höper; Masayuki Horie; Holly R. Hughes; Timothy H. Hyndman; Amara Jambai; Rodrigo Jardim; Dàohóng Jiāng; Qi Jin; Gilda B. Jonson; Sandra Junglen; Serpil Karadağ; Karen E. Keller; Boris Klempa; Jonas Klingström; Gary Kobinger; Hideki Kondō; Eugene V. Koonin; Mart Krupovic; Gael Kurath; Ivan V. Kuzmin; Lies Laenen; Robert A. Lamb; Amy J. Lambert; Stanley L. Langevin; Benhur Lee; Elba R. S. Lemos; Eric M. Leroy; Dexin Li; Jiànróng Lǐ; Mifang Liang; Wénwén Liú; Yàn Liú; Igor S. Lukashevich; Piet Maes; William Marciel De Souza; Marco Marklewitz; Sergio H. Marshall; Giovanni P. Martelli; Robert R. Martin; Shin-Yi L. Marzano; Sébastien Massart; John W. McCauley; Nicole Mielke-Ehret; Angelantonio Minafra; Maria Minutolo; Ali Mirazimi; Hans-Peter Mühlbach; Elke Mühlberger; Rayapati Naidu; Tomohide Natsuaki; Beatriz Navarro; José A. Navarro; Sergey V. Netesov; Gabriele Neumann; Norbert Nowotny; Márcio R. T. Nunes; Are Nylund; Arnfinn L. Økland; Renata C. Oliveira; Gustavo Palacios; Vicente Pallas; Bernadett Pályi; Anna Papa; Colin R. Parrish; Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa; Janusz T. Pawęska; Susan Payne; Daniel R. Pérez; Florian Pfaff; Sheli R. Radoshitzky; Aziz-Ul Rahman; Pedro L. Ramos-González; Renato O. Resende; Carina A. Reyes; Bertus K. Rima; Víctor Romanowski; Gabriel Robles Luna; Paul Rota; Dennis Rubbenstroth; Jonathan A. Runstadler; Daniel Ruzek; Sead Sabanadzovic; Jiří Salát; Amadou Alpha Sall; Maria S. Salvato; Kamil Sarpkaya; Takahide Sasaya; Martin Schwemmle; Muhammad Z. Shabbir; Xiǎohóng Shí; Zhènglì Shí; Yukio Shirako; Peter Simmonds; Jana Širmarová; Manuela Sironi; Sophie Smither; Teemu Smura; Jin-Won Song; Kirsten M. Spann; Jessica R. Spengler; Mark D. Stenglein; David M. Stone; Petra Straková; Ayato Takada; Robert B. Tesh; Natalie J. Thornburg; Keizō Tomonaga; Noël Tordo; Jonathan S. Towner; Massimo Turina; Ioannis Tzanetakis; Rainer G. Ulrich; Anna Maria Vaira; Bernadette Van Den Hoogen; Arvind Varsani; Nikos Vasilakis; Martin Verbeek; Victoria Wahl; Peter J. Walker; Hui Wang; Jianwei Wang; Xifeng Wang; Lin-Fa Wang; Tàiyún Wèi; Heather Wells; Anna E. Whitfield; John V. Williams; Yuri I. Wolf; Zhìqiáng Wú; Xin Yang; Xīnglóu Yáng; Xuejie Yu; Natalya Yutin; F. Murilo Zerbini; Tong Zhang; Yong-Zhen Zhang; Guohui Zhou; Xueping Zhou. 2020. "2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales." Archives of Virology 165, no. 12: 3023-3072.

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Published: 01 May 2020 in The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Global publications on Q fever have increased after the 2007 epidemic in the Netherlands. However, the epidemiology of Q fever/coxiellosis in Brazil is still poorly understood. Accordingly, there have been few studies investigating the presence of Coxiella burnetii in dairy products around the world, especially in Brazil, where consumption of fresh cheese made from raw-milk is very high. This study was a random survey to assess the prevalence of C. burnetii by PCR in traditional Minas artisanal cheese from the Serro microregion, Brazil, which is manufactured from bovine raw-milk. DNA extracted from 53 cheese samples were analyzed by nested PCR with C. burnetii-specific primers and the products confirmed by DNA sequencing. Out of the 53 cheese samples five (9.43%) were C. burnetii DNA-positive, each coming from one of the respective randomly selected manufacturing agroindustries. Based on our results, it is estimated that 1.62 tons/day of ready-to-eat cheese made from raw-milk from a total of 16.2 tons produced daily in the study region are contaminated with C. burnetii. To our knowledge, this is the first report of highly heat-resistant zoonotic pathogen in raw-milk Brazilian artisanal cheese. This food safety hazard has been completely neglected in ready-to-eat raw-milk Brazilian artisanal cheese and could imply potential threats to consumers, since C. burnetii survives in artisanal cheese submitted to long ripening periods. Thus, this work established random and representative baseline prevalence of C. burnetii in this food product in Brazil. Further epidemiological studies, monitoring trends and setting control targets are warranted. Finally, these results point out the importance of including C. burnetii in animal and public health surveillance programs.

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Tatiana Rozental; Letícia Scafutto De Faria; Danielle Forneas; Alexandro Guterres; João Batista Ribeiro; Flábio Ribeiro Araújo; Elba Regina Sampaio Lemos; Marcio Roberto Silva. First molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in Brazilian artisanal cheese: a neglected food safety hazard in ready-to-eat raw-milk product. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020, 24, 208 -212.

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Tatiana Rozental, Letícia Scafutto De Faria, Danielle Forneas, Alexandro Guterres, João Batista Ribeiro, Flábio Ribeiro Araújo, Elba Regina Sampaio Lemos, Marcio Roberto Silva. First molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in Brazilian artisanal cheese: a neglected food safety hazard in ready-to-eat raw-milk product. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 24 (3):208-212.

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Tatiana Rozental; Letícia Scafutto De Faria; Danielle Forneas; Alexandro Guterres; João Batista Ribeiro; Flábio Ribeiro Araújo; Elba Regina Sampaio Lemos; Marcio Roberto Silva. 2020. "First molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in Brazilian artisanal cheese: a neglected food safety hazard in ready-to-eat raw-milk product." The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 24, no. 3: 208-212.

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Published: 05 June 2019 in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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The present study aimed to detect Bartonella DNA in cats belonging to shelters, and to evaluate risk factors, clinical signs, and hematological abnormalities associated with infection. Complete blood counts and screening for the presence of Bartonella DNA were performed on cats’ ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid anticoagulant–blood samples. Eighty-three cats (39.9%) were positive for Bartonella species. Bartonella DNA was also detected in fleas and in the blood of cats infested by positive flea. Cats that had not been sterilized, had outdoor access, had histories of fights, and had concurrent flea infestation were more likely to be infected by Bartonella species (P < 0.05). Age and sex were not associated with infection. Fifty-one (38.6%) symptomatic cats were positive to Bartonella species (P > 0.05). Clinical conditions most commonly observed were signs of respiratory abnormality and Sporothrix species coinfection (P > 0.05). Regarding hematological changes, eosinophilia was associated with infection (P < 0.05). A high frequency of Bartonella species infection was found in shelter cats and highlights the importance of adequate flea-control programs to prevent infection in cats and consequently in adopters and other animals.

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Juliana M. Raimundo; Andresa Guimarães; Gleice M. Amaro; Aline T. Da Silva; Camila F. M. Botelho; Carlos L. Massard; Elba R. S. De Lemos; Alexsandra R. M. Favacho; Cristiane D. Baldani. Molecular Survey of Bartonella Species in Shelter Cats in Rio De Janeiro: Clinical, Hematological, and Risk Factors. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2019, 100, 1321 -1327.

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Juliana M. Raimundo, Andresa Guimarães, Gleice M. Amaro, Aline T. Da Silva, Camila F. M. Botelho, Carlos L. Massard, Elba R. S. De Lemos, Alexsandra R. M. Favacho, Cristiane D. Baldani. Molecular Survey of Bartonella Species in Shelter Cats in Rio De Janeiro: Clinical, Hematological, and Risk Factors. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019; 100 (6):1321-1327.

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Juliana M. Raimundo; Andresa Guimarães; Gleice M. Amaro; Aline T. Da Silva; Camila F. M. Botelho; Carlos L. Massard; Elba R. S. De Lemos; Alexsandra R. M. Favacho; Cristiane D. Baldani. 2019. "Molecular Survey of Bartonella Species in Shelter Cats in Rio De Janeiro: Clinical, Hematological, and Risk Factors." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 100, no. 6: 1321-1327.

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Published: 25 May 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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People living in mining regions are exposed to numerous biological agents by several specific types of transmission mechanisms. This study is designed to describe fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases confirmed by serology and molecular analysis, where a seroprevalence survey was conducted in the gold mining regions of the state of Mato Grosso, in the official Amazon region, Brazil. Two fatal cases of HPS were confirmed in a mining area in the Legal Amazon, where malaria is one of the most important public health problems. A molecular analysis detected the presence of the genome of the Castelo dos Sonhos virus. Out of the 112 blood samples analyzed, five were positive for Plasmodium infection (four P. falciparum and one P. vivax), and four were seropositive for hantavirus, showing a seroprevalence of 3.57%. One of the four miners who was seroreactive for hantavirus concomitantly had P. falciparum infection, which was confirmed by thick blood smear. This manuscript highlights the importance of considering hantavirus pulmonary syndrome as a diagnostic possibility in febrile infection associated with pulmonary manifestations in mining areas where malaria cases are often identified.

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel; Elaine Cristina de Oliveira; Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes; Alba Valéria Gomes de Melo; Renata Carvalho de Oliveira; Alexandro Guterres; Jorlan Fernandes; Raphael Gomes da Silva; Marina Atanaka; Mariano Martinez Espinosa; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. Malaria and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Gold Mining in the Amazon Region, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 1852 .

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Alba Valéria Gomes de Melo, Renata Carvalho de Oliveira, Alexandro Guterres, Jorlan Fernandes, Raphael Gomes da Silva, Marina Atanaka, Mariano Martinez Espinosa, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. Malaria and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Gold Mining in the Amazon Region, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (10):1852.

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel; Elaine Cristina de Oliveira; Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes; Alba Valéria Gomes de Melo; Renata Carvalho de Oliveira; Alexandro Guterres; Jorlan Fernandes; Raphael Gomes da Silva; Marina Atanaka; Mariano Martinez Espinosa; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. 2019. "Malaria and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Gold Mining in the Amazon Region, Brazil." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 10: 1852.

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Published: 22 May 2019 in Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences
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Health is defined by the World Health Organization as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease. The present study aimed to know and reflect on the perception of the indigenous ethnicity Haliti-Paresí on the health-disease process. It is a research with a qualitative and ethnographic approach, in which data were collected in July 2015, through visits in the Wazare village and dialogue with the 34 residents, followed by the constitution of core meanings for data separation, according to their nature. The Paresí define health as the state of vitality in which there is energy to perform the basic activities, with food, hygiene and spirituality as determining factors. Negligence by the individual, climate change and higher forces establish the disease, with hantavirus being the main and most worrying. The health-disease process is based on the culture of this people, in which there is the figure of the shaman, elder or chief to reestablish the vital balance through rituals, offerings, teas and prayers, associated with Western medicine. There should be greater training of indigenous and non-indigenous professionals to provide comprehensive and effective assistance, as well as health education as a tool for disease prevention.

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças; Bianca Carvalho Da Graça; Josué Souza Gleriano; Vagner Ferreira Do Nascimento; Thalise Yuri Hattori; Marina Atanaka; Alba Valeria Gomes Melo; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. Perception of the health-disease process: meanings and values of the Haliti-Paresí Indians. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences 2019, 41, 40262 .

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças, Bianca Carvalho Da Graça, Josué Souza Gleriano, Vagner Ferreira Do Nascimento, Thalise Yuri Hattori, Marina Atanaka, Alba Valeria Gomes Melo, Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. Perception of the health-disease process: meanings and values of the Haliti-Paresí Indians. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences. 2019; 41 (1):40262.

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças; Bianca Carvalho Da Graça; Josué Souza Gleriano; Vagner Ferreira Do Nascimento; Thalise Yuri Hattori; Marina Atanaka; Alba Valeria Gomes Melo; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. 2019. "Perception of the health-disease process: meanings and values of the Haliti-Paresí Indians." Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences 41, no. 1: 40262.

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Published: 16 April 2019 in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linneaus, 1766) (Rodentia: Caviidae) are important hosts for Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), which in turn can transmit rickettsiae to humans and animals. However, there is a scarcity of studies about ticks fauna and rickettsial infection in the Amazon region. The present study evaluated rickettsial infection in capybaras and ticks in different areas in the Rio Branco municipality, State of Acre, Brazilian Western Amazon, where rickettsiosis have never been reported. Blood sera from 43 capybaras from four localities in Rio Branco were tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay using Rickettsia rickettsii antigens. Ticks were collected from capybaras and from vegetation as well. Ticks were taxonomically identified to species and part of them was tested by PCR targeting a fragment of the rickettsial gltA gene. Additionally ticks were tested for bacteria from the genus Borrelia and family Anaplasmatacae. All capybaras submitted to the serological examination were considered non-reactive for the agent. A total of 410 ticks were collected directly from the capybaras. Amblyomma dubitatum Neumann, 1899 was the most abundant tick (82.4%), followed by Amblyomma naponense Packard, 1869 (14.3%), Amblyomma humerale Koch, 1844 (0.7%), Amblyomma paceae Aragao, 1911 (0.4%), Amblyomma rotundatum Koch 1844 (0.2%) and Amblyomma spp. (1.7%). From environment were collected 262 ticks: Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888 (88.9%), Dermacentor nitens Neumann, 1897 (9.9%), Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 (0.7%) and Amblyomma rotundatum Koch, 1844 (0.3%). With the exception of A. humerale and R. microplus, all others species were reported for the first time in the state. Part of ticks sampled (N = 317) was tested by molecular methods for infection by Rickettsia spp. Rickettsia bellii were identified infecting A. dubitatum and A. rotundatum ticks, Rickettsia amblyommatis infecting in A. humerale ticks and Rickettsia sp. strain Tapirapé in A. naponense. No Borrelia neither Anaplasmataceae were found in tested ticks samples. These results represent a great expansion of the knowledge about the Rickettsia and the acarological fauna in the region of the Western Amazon and are essential for the maintenance of the vigilance about possible pathogens that occur in the state and determination of the risks that they offer for humans and animals that inhabit the region.

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Karla Dayane Gruhn; Maria Ogrzewalska; Tatiana Rozental; Itacir Olivio Farikoski; Carolina Blanco; Lucas De Souza Freitas; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Vânia Maria França Ribeiro. Evaluation of rickettsial infection in free-range capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia: Caviidae) and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Western Amazon, Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 2019, 10, 981 -986.

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Karla Dayane Gruhn, Maria Ogrzewalska, Tatiana Rozental, Itacir Olivio Farikoski, Carolina Blanco, Lucas De Souza Freitas, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Vânia Maria França Ribeiro. Evaluation of rickettsial infection in free-range capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia: Caviidae) and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Western Amazon, Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 2019; 10 (5):981-986.

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Karla Dayane Gruhn; Maria Ogrzewalska; Tatiana Rozental; Itacir Olivio Farikoski; Carolina Blanco; Lucas De Souza Freitas; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Vânia Maria França Ribeiro. 2019. "Evaluation of rickettsial infection in free-range capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia: Caviidae) and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Western Amazon, Brazil." Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 10, no. 5: 981-986.

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Published: 10 April 2019 in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
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Reliable data on distributional ranges of soft ticks (Argasidae) and assessments of putative tick-borne agents enhance the understanding on tick-associated microorganisms. A total of 96 ticks morphologicaly and molecularly identified as Ornithodoros rietcorreai were collected in Tocantins State, Brazil, using Noireau traps with living bait as CO2 source. Ninety-six ticks (54 nymphs, 32 males, 10 females) with different engorgement degrees were collected. Fourty-seven (48.9%) of them were individually screened by PCR for detecting bacteria of Anaplasmataceae family and genera Rickettsia, and Borrelia. The presence of protozoans of the genus Babesia was assessed as well. Fourty seven ticks were submitted to analysis. Nine ticks (19.1%) yielded sequences for gltA and htrA genes most identical with a series of endosymbiont rickettsiae and Rickettsia bellii, respectively. Upon two ticks (4.2%) we retrieved DNA of a potential new Wolbachia sp., and DNA of a putative novel Hepatozoon was characterized from three (6.4%) specimens. No DNA of Babesia or Borrelia was detected. Remarkably, amplicons of unidentified eukaryotic organisms, most closely related with apicomplexans but also with dinoflagellates (91% of identity after BLAST analyses), were recovered from two ticks (4.2%) using primers designed for Babesia 18S rRNA gene. Our records expand the distribution of O. rietcorreai into Brazilian Cerrado biome and introduce the occurrence of microorganisms in this tick species.

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Sebastián Muñoz-Leal; Catarina Macedo; Teresa Cristina Gonçalves; Jairo Dias Barreira; Marcelo B. Labruna; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Maria Ogrzewalska. Detected microorganisms and new geographic records of Ornithodoros rietcorreai (Acari: Argasidae) from northern Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 2019, 10, 853 -861.

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Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Catarina Macedo, Teresa Cristina Gonçalves, Jairo Dias Barreira, Marcelo B. Labruna, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Maria Ogrzewalska. Detected microorganisms and new geographic records of Ornithodoros rietcorreai (Acari: Argasidae) from northern Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 2019; 10 (4):853-861.

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Sebastián Muñoz-Leal; Catarina Macedo; Teresa Cristina Gonçalves; Jairo Dias Barreira; Marcelo B. Labruna; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Maria Ogrzewalska. 2019. "Detected microorganisms and new geographic records of Ornithodoros rietcorreai (Acari: Argasidae) from northern Brazil." Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 10, no. 4: 853-861.

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Published: 23 March 2019 in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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Hantaviruses (order Bunyavirales, family Hantaviridae) are important zoonotic pathogens. Because of the great diversity of their reservoir hosts, hantaviruses are excellent models to evaluate the dynamics of virus-host co-evolution. To understand the mechanisms behind the evolutionary history of hantaviruses through virus-reservoir interactions, it is important to know how the radiation and diversity of hantaviruses occurred. In this paper, we evaluate the pattern of hantavirus diversification based on a complete S segment representing major groups of hantaviruses found in the Americas. Phylogenetic analyses revealed a high degree of phylogeographic structure and a surprising pattern of geographical distribution of New World hantaviruses. The available data suggest that hantaviruses related to the Arvicolinae rodent subfamily in North America probably emerged and initially adapted from a shared common ancestor of the Tula virus. The first clade of hantaviruses associated with Neotominae occupied a stem lineage, especially those that emerged in Central America or Mexico. Hantaviruses from Central America and Mexico found in Neotominae rodents spread northward and probably gave rise to the first phylogroup of hantaviruses associated with Sigmodontinae in North America. Two preferential host-switching transmissions in hantaviruses apparently gave rise to two different paraphyletic group in Neotominae and Sigmodontinae. Our study supports a probable epicenter of diversification in Central America and/or Mexico for hantaviruses related to both the Neotominae and Sigmodontinae subfamilies.

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Alexandro Guterres; Renata Carvalho de Oliveira; Jorlan Fernandes; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. The mystery of the phylogeographic structural pattern in rodent-borne hantaviruses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2019, 136, 35 -43.

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Alexandro Guterres, Renata Carvalho de Oliveira, Jorlan Fernandes, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. The mystery of the phylogeographic structural pattern in rodent-borne hantaviruses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019; 136 ():35-43.

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Alexandro Guterres; Renata Carvalho de Oliveira; Jorlan Fernandes; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. 2019. "The mystery of the phylogeographic structural pattern in rodent-borne hantaviruses." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 136, no. : 35-43.

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Published: 04 March 2019 in Saúde e Pesquisa
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar as dinâmicas familiares, sociais e vulnerabilidades de mulheres privadas de liberdade. Estudo descritivo, exploratório e misto, realizado com 57 reeducandas de uma cadeia pública feminina de Mato Grosso. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre outubro de 2016 e outubro de 2017. A análise dos dados pautou-se no Modelo Calgary de Avaliação da Família. Entre as características familiares da estrutura interna e externa predominaram heterossexuais, com estrutura familiar coletiva, residiam com os familiares antes do aprisionamento e com seus filhos. O ciclo de vida familiar era caracterizado por adultos com crianças, e ordem de nascimento intermediária. Os limites da família foram descritos como flexíveis e a totalidade das reeducandas exercem papel passivo na estrutura familiar. Prevaleceu famílias extensas, com alguma crença religiosa, com destaque para relato de ambientes familiares harmoniosos. As características familiares desestruturadas foram identificadas como importante aspecto, que contribui para inserção da mulher no crime.

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Maria Aparecida De Jesus Xavier Gusmão; Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel; Vagner Ferreira Do Nascimento; Thalise Yuri Hattori; Luiz Eduardo Brescovit; Marina Atanaka; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. DINÂMICAS SOCIAIS, FAMILIARES E VULNERABILIDADES DE MULHERES PRIVADAS DE LIBERDADE. Saúde e Pesquisa 2019, 12, 159 -168.

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Maria Aparecida De Jesus Xavier Gusmão, Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel, Vagner Ferreira Do Nascimento, Thalise Yuri Hattori, Luiz Eduardo Brescovit, Marina Atanaka, Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. DINÂMICAS SOCIAIS, FAMILIARES E VULNERABILIDADES DE MULHERES PRIVADAS DE LIBERDADE. Saúde e Pesquisa. 2019; 12 (1):159-168.

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Maria Aparecida De Jesus Xavier Gusmão; Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel; Vagner Ferreira Do Nascimento; Thalise Yuri Hattori; Luiz Eduardo Brescovit; Marina Atanaka; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. 2019. "DINÂMICAS SOCIAIS, FAMILIARES E VULNERABILIDADES DE MULHERES PRIVADAS DE LIBERDADE." Saúde e Pesquisa 12, no. 1: 159-168.

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Published: 27 February 2019 in Acta Tropica
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Cats are considered main reservoir of Bartonella henselae, which is transmitted to other cats especially through Ctenocephalides felis fleas, and to humans through scratching and biting. Serra da Tiririca State Park (PESET) is an Atlantic Forest area that shelters a wide variety of endemic fauna. Recently, the park has been suffering due to irregular housing construction and domestic animal population that interacts with humans and wildlife. Given that surveillance policies for animals are part of the global Strategic Framework for One Health, the aim of this study was to detect Bartonella spp. DNA in cats and dogs, evaluating laboratory changes and associated factors. Blood samples of 124 dogs and 89 cats were collected for hematology and serum chemistry analysis. DNA was extracted and tested by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting a fragment of the citrate synthase (gltA) gene of Bartonella spp. with specific primers. Positive samples were sequenced to identify species. Bartonella henselae and B. clarridgeiae were detected in 24.7% of cats, being, for our knowledge, the first report of B. clarridgeiae in cats from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. None of the samples obtained from dogs tested positive in the PCR assays. No statistical significance was observed in physical and laboratory exams. We suggest that cats that inhabit PESET can be considered sources of Bartonella sp. for other cats and humans. We highlight that infected cats did not present clinical or laboratory alterations. We alert for the need of care measures, avoiding scratch and bite, particularly in immunocompromised people.

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Beatriz Teixeira Gomes da Silva; Aline Moreira de Souza; Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos; Daniel De Barros Macieira; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Alexsandra Rodrigues De Mendonça Favacho; Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny. Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae infection, hematological changes and associated factors in domestic cats and dogs from an Atlantic rain forest area, Brazil. Acta Tropica 2019, 193, 163 -168.

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Beatriz Teixeira Gomes da Silva, Aline Moreira de Souza, Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos, Daniel De Barros Macieira, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Alexsandra Rodrigues De Mendonça Favacho, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny. Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae infection, hematological changes and associated factors in domestic cats and dogs from an Atlantic rain forest area, Brazil. Acta Tropica. 2019; 193 ():163-168.

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Beatriz Teixeira Gomes da Silva; Aline Moreira de Souza; Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos; Daniel De Barros Macieira; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Alexsandra Rodrigues De Mendonça Favacho; Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny. 2019. "Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae infection, hematological changes and associated factors in domestic cats and dogs from an Atlantic rain forest area, Brazil." Acta Tropica 193, no. : 163-168.

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Published: 21 February 2019 in Parasite Epidemiology and Control
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Toxoplasma gondii is the etiological agent of toxoplasmosis, a widespread zoonosis that affects several homeothermic animals, including humans. This disease causes serious health problems, such that 10% of infected individuals develop clinical manifestations. Some studies on indigenous human populations have indicated variations in seroprevalence from 10.6% to 80.4% in such populations in different regions of Brazil and in other countries like Venezuela and Malaysia. To date, there have been no studies regarding the prevalence of anti-T. gondii antibodies in Haliti-Paresí Indians living in Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Our objective here was to determine the frequency of occurrence of antibodies against this protozoon in nine Haliti-Paresí villages by correlating seroprevalence with locations and variables. Serodiagnoses were made using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the Laboratory for Toxoplasmosis and Other Protozoan Diseases of IOC/Fiocruz. It was considered that samples tested positive for T. gondii infection if IgG/IgM antibodies against this protozoon were detected through serodiagnosis using either IFAT or ELISA. Among the 293 samples analyzed, 66.9% presented anti-T. gondii IgG and 3.4% presented anti-T. gondii IgM. It was observed that there were no statistically significant differences in frequency of antibody occurrence among infected individuals, based on sex, schooling or occupation/activities. However, there were statistical differences based on age and villages. The prevalence observed in this study is in agreement with values found in other studies on indigenous populations in Latin America. Like among other such populations, the Haliti-Paresí villages are located close to forests and the individuals have domestic cats as pets, are involved in hunting and farming and consume water directly from water accumulation sources. These factors might cause exposure to T. gondii tissue cysts and oocysts.

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Ana Letícia Carvalho Santos; Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças Trettel; Luísa De Jesus Babosa Barroso Ribeiro; Marcelo Leitão Vasconcellos; Leonir Evandro Zenazokenae; Marina Atanaka Santos; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira. Serological study on toxoplasmosis in the Haliti-Paresí community of the Utiariti indigenous territory, Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Parasite Epidemiology and Control 2019, 5, e00097 .

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Ana Letícia Carvalho Santos, Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças Trettel, Luísa De Jesus Babosa Barroso Ribeiro, Marcelo Leitão Vasconcellos, Leonir Evandro Zenazokenae, Marina Atanaka Santos, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira. Serological study on toxoplasmosis in the Haliti-Paresí community of the Utiariti indigenous territory, Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Parasite Epidemiology and Control. 2019; 5 ():e00097.

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Ana Letícia Carvalho Santos; Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças Trettel; Luísa De Jesus Babosa Barroso Ribeiro; Marcelo Leitão Vasconcellos; Leonir Evandro Zenazokenae; Marina Atanaka Santos; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira. 2019. "Serological study on toxoplasmosis in the Haliti-Paresí community of the Utiariti indigenous territory, Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil." Parasite Epidemiology and Control 5, no. : e00097.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the Aporé virus (Bunyavirales: Arenaviridae), obtained from a wild rodent Oligoryzomys mattogrossae captured in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. The genome of this virus showed strong similarity to highly pathogenic mammarenavirus from South America.

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Jorlan Fernandes; Alexandro Guterres; Renata Carvalho De Oliveira; Rodrigo Jardim; Alberto Dávila; Roger Hewson; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. Aporé virus, a novel mammarenavirus (Bunyavirales: Arenaviridae) related to highly pathogenic virus from South America. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2019, 114, e180586 .

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Jorlan Fernandes, Alexandro Guterres, Renata Carvalho De Oliveira, Rodrigo Jardim, Alberto Dávila, Roger Hewson, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. Aporé virus, a novel mammarenavirus (Bunyavirales: Arenaviridae) related to highly pathogenic virus from South America. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2019; 114 ():e180586.

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Jorlan Fernandes; Alexandro Guterres; Renata Carvalho De Oliveira; Rodrigo Jardim; Alberto Dávila; Roger Hewson; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos. 2019. "Aporé virus, a novel mammarenavirus (Bunyavirales: Arenaviridae) related to highly pathogenic virus from South America." Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 114, no. : e180586.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Keywords: Infectious endocarditis; HAIE; CAIE; Staphylococcus aureus; Enterococcus spp.; Streptococcus spp.

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Paulo Vieira Damasco; Julio Cesar Delgado Correal; Ana Carolina Da Cruz-Campos; Bruno Reznik Wajsbrot; Rodrigo Guimarães Da Cunha; Aloysio Guimarães Da Fonseca; Márcia Bueno Castier; Claudio Querido Fortes; João Carlos Jazbick; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; John Rossen; Robson De Souza Leão; Raphael Hirata Junior; Ana Luíza De Mattos Guaraldi. Epidemiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis at a Brazilian tertiary care center: an eight-year prospective study. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2019, 52, e2018375 .

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Paulo Vieira Damasco, Julio Cesar Delgado Correal, Ana Carolina Da Cruz-Campos, Bruno Reznik Wajsbrot, Rodrigo Guimarães Da Cunha, Aloysio Guimarães Da Fonseca, Márcia Bueno Castier, Claudio Querido Fortes, João Carlos Jazbick, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, John Rossen, Robson De Souza Leão, Raphael Hirata Junior, Ana Luíza De Mattos Guaraldi. Epidemiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis at a Brazilian tertiary care center: an eight-year prospective study. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 2019; 52 ():e2018375.

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Paulo Vieira Damasco; Julio Cesar Delgado Correal; Ana Carolina Da Cruz-Campos; Bruno Reznik Wajsbrot; Rodrigo Guimarães Da Cunha; Aloysio Guimarães Da Fonseca; Márcia Bueno Castier; Claudio Querido Fortes; João Carlos Jazbick; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; John Rossen; Robson De Souza Leão; Raphael Hirata Junior; Ana Luíza De Mattos Guaraldi. 2019. "Epidemiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis at a Brazilian tertiary care center: an eight-year prospective study." Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 52, no. : e2018375.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Hantaviruses and arenaviruses are naturally occurring viruses of rodents, and human infections are classic examples of emerging diseases caused by the invasion of urban, agricultural, and livestock areas that are rodent habitats 1 .

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Jorlan Fernandes; Thayssa Alves Coelho; Renata Carvalho De Oliveira; Livia Stefânia Alves Lima Guedes; Bernardo Rodrigues Teixeira; Alexandro Guterres; Christian Niel; Silvana C. Levis; Barbara Vieira Lago; Ana Rita Motta-Castro; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. Seroprevalence of rodent-borne viruses in Afro-descendent communities in Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2019, 61, e66 .

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Jorlan Fernandes, Thayssa Alves Coelho, Renata Carvalho De Oliveira, Livia Stefânia Alves Lima Guedes, Bernardo Rodrigues Teixeira, Alexandro Guterres, Christian Niel, Silvana C. Levis, Barbara Vieira Lago, Ana Rita Motta-Castro, Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. Seroprevalence of rodent-borne viruses in Afro-descendent communities in Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 2019; 61 ():e66.

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Jorlan Fernandes; Thayssa Alves Coelho; Renata Carvalho De Oliveira; Livia Stefânia Alves Lima Guedes; Bernardo Rodrigues Teixeira; Alexandro Guterres; Christian Niel; Silvana C. Levis; Barbara Vieira Lago; Ana Rita Motta-Castro; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. 2019. "Seroprevalence of rodent-borne viruses in Afro-descendent communities in Brazil." Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 61, no. : e66.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is an important emergent zoonosis associated with wild rodents in Brazil, where this viral infection in children is generally rare. We present HCPS in a child from the Pantanal Biome and a review of all reported pediatric cases in Mato Grosso State, an endemic area for HCPS in Brazil. The investigation used the Information System for Notifiable Diseases database (SINAN). A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized with fever and respiratory failure and hantavirus IgM and IgG antibodies were detected by ELISA in serum samples. During the period of 1999 to 2016, 32 HCPS pediatric cases confirmed by serology were reported to SINAN with a mortality rate of 34.4%. The possibility of hantavirus infection in children with acute febrile illness associated with respiratory failure should be considered mainly in recognized endemic areas as Mato Grosso State, contradicting a hypothesis that children are more protected from lung involvement.

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel; Alba Valéria Gomes De Melo; Sandra Mara Fernandes Bonilha; Josdemar Muniz De Moraes; Renata Carvalho De Oliveira; Alexandro Guterres; Jorlan Fernandes; Marina Atanaka; Mariano Martinez Espinosa; Luciana Sampaio; Sumako Kinoshieta Ueda; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in children: case report and case series from an endemic area of Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2019, 61, e65 .

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel, Alba Valéria Gomes De Melo, Sandra Mara Fernandes Bonilha, Josdemar Muniz De Moraes, Renata Carvalho De Oliveira, Alexandro Guterres, Jorlan Fernandes, Marina Atanaka, Mariano Martinez Espinosa, Luciana Sampaio, Sumako Kinoshieta Ueda, Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in children: case report and case series from an endemic area of Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 2019; 61 ():e65.

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Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel; Alba Valéria Gomes De Melo; Sandra Mara Fernandes Bonilha; Josdemar Muniz De Moraes; Renata Carvalho De Oliveira; Alexandro Guterres; Jorlan Fernandes; Marina Atanaka; Mariano Martinez Espinosa; Luciana Sampaio; Sumako Kinoshieta Ueda; Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos. 2019. "Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in children: case report and case series from an endemic area of Brazil." Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 61, no. : e65.