INVESTIGADORES
GOMEZ VILLAFAÑE Isabel Elisa
artículos
Título:
EXPANDED DISTRIBUTION OF ORTHOHANTAVIRUS PERGAMINO GENOTYPE: FIRST RECORD IN ENTRE RIOS PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
Autor/es:
GÓMEZ VILLAFAÑE, ISABEL ELISA; BURGOS, ELIANA; COELHO, ROCIO; BELLOMO, CARLA; GARCILAZO AMATTI, JERÓNIMO; MARTINEZ, PAULA VALERIA
Revista:
REVISTA ARGENTINA DE MICROBIOLOGÃA
Editorial:
ASOCIACION ARGENTINA MICROBIOLOGIA
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2021
ISSN:
0325-7541
Resumen:
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is an emerging infectious disease of the Americas. Eight native rodent species have been identified as HPS virus reservoirs in Argentina. The aim of this work was to detect the orthohantavirus genotypes present in a rodent community that inhabits in a zone where a fatal HPS case was occurred, inside an endemic locality of Central Argentina. We captured 27 individuals with 723 trapnights. We detected 14.3% of infected Akodon azarae with Pergamino genotype. This result expands the known distribution of this orthohantavirus. Although the Pergamino genotype has not been associated with human cases, the information about its distribution is relevant to assess risk against potential changes in the virus infectivity.
