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- Research conducted on 3,400 febrile patients in Peru between 2020-2021 revealed a positive case of Rio Mamore hantavirus, highlighting the endemic presence of this virus in the region.
- Genetic analysis showed a strong similarity to past rodent-associated hantavirus cases from Loreto, indicating ongoing circulation.
- Findings suggest the need for enhanced hantavirus diagnostics and surveillance in Peru and Latin America due to the detection of multiple distinct hantavirus strains.
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To explore hantavirus infection patterns in Latin America, we conducted molecular and serologic hantavirus investigations among 3,400 febrile patients from Peru during 2020-2021. Reverse transcription PCR indicated that a patient from Loreto, in the Peruvian Amazon, was positive for Rio Mamore hantavirus (serum, 3.8 × 10 copies/mL). High genomic sequence identity of 87.0%-94.8% and phylogenetic common ancestry with a rodent-associated Rio Mamore hantavirus from Loreto in 1996 indicated endemicity. In 832 samples from Loreto, hantavirus incidence based on IgM ELISA of pooled Sin Nombre (SNV) and Andes virus (ANDV) nucleoproteins and immunofluorescence assay-based end-point titration using SNV/ANDV/Hantaan/Puumala/Saarema/Dobrava/Seoul hantaviruses was 0.5%. Across 3 ecologically distinct departments in Peru, SNV/ANDV IgG ELISA/IFA-based reactivity was 1.7%, suggesting circulation of antigenically distinct New World hantaviruses. Testing for arboviruses, nonendemic pathogens, and antigen-free ELISA corroborated nonspecific reactivity in 2 IgG and several IgM ELISA-positive serum samples. Hantavirus diagnostics and surveillance should be strengthened in Peru ad across Latin America.
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- Research conducted on 3,400 febrile patients in Peru between 2020-2021 revealed a positive case of Rio Mamore hantavirus, highlighting the endemic presence of this virus in the region.
- Genetic analysis showed a strong similarity to past rodent-associated hantavirus cases from Loreto, indicating ongoing circulation.
- Findings suggest the need for enhanced hantavirus diagnostics and surveillance in Peru and Latin America due to the detection of multiple distinct hantavirus strains.
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