| phylogenetic characterization of hantaviruses from wild rodents and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases in the state of parana (southern brazil). | over 1,100 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) have occurred in brazil since 1993, but little is known about brazilian hantaviruses, and many of their rodent hosts remain unknown. the araucaria hantavirus (arauv) was described recently from hps patients from paraná, in southern brazil, but its host could not be identified. in this study, rodents were captured from regions with high hps prevalence to address this issue. arauv rna was detected in three distantly related rodent species: ol ... | 2009 | 19439554 |
| noteworthy records of ixodes schulzei (acari: ixodidae) on rodents from the state of parana, southern brazil. | ixodes schulzei aragão & fonseca is an endemic tick to brazil and has already been reported in the northern (state of rondonia), southeastern (states of minas gerais, rio de janeiro and sao paulo) and southern (state of santa catarina) regions, always found in association with the water rat nectomys squamipes (brandt). this communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in the state of parana, southern region of brazil, and it constitutes its first report on akodon montensis (th ... | 2013 | 24252964 |