Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in farm and abattoir workers in Trinidad--a preliminary study.

摘要: ABSTRACT Hantaviruses are established causative agents of hemorrhagic fevers and renal diseases amongst other clinical manifestations in humans, with most diagnosis based on serological assays. The disease, which is rodent-borne, has been reported numerous countries worldwide but information about the disease scanty Caribbean. objective this investigation to determine frequency exposure hantaviruses a selected apparently healthy human population associated abattoirs livestock farms Trinidad using hantavirus immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Of total 236 individuals tested, 27 (11.4%) were seropositive for infection. Amongst abattoir workers infection was 9.4% (6 64) compared seropositivity rate 12.4% (18 145) 11.1% (3 27) farm office minimal animal contact respectively. differences were, however, not sta...