Evidencia serológica retrospectiva de infecciones por Leptospira spp., dengue, hantavirus y arenavirus en indígenas Emberá-Katío, Colombia

We have developed a study in the Embera-Katío indigenous community and we found that the seropositivity for IgG antibodies to Leptospira spp. was 18.1%; to dengue was 61.1%; to arenavirus was 3.1% and to hantavirus was 1.5%. We conclude that this indigenous community live in conditions that promote...

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Main Authors: Restrepo,Berta, Rodas,Juan D, Montoya-Ruiz,Carolina, Zuluaga,Angélica M, Parra-Henao,Gabriel, Agudelo-Flórez,Piedad
Language:Spanish / Castilian
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Infectología 2016
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-10182016000400015
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Summary:We have developed a study in the Embera-Katío indigenous community and we found that the seropositivity for IgG antibodies to Leptospira spp. was 18.1%; to dengue was 61.1%; to arenavirus was 3.1% and to hantavirus was 1.5%. We conclude that this indigenous community live in conditions that promote the reemerging and emerging, infections.