Screening of Forestry Workers in Guadalajara Province (Spain) for Antibodies to Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus, Hantavirus, Rickettsia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi

Exposure to virus (LCMV), hantaviruses, spp. and among forestry workers from a province in central Spain (Guadalajara) was examined by serological screening. This is the first such study in this rural area, where people often live and work in proximity to domestic and wild animals. Immunofluorescent...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2019-11, Vol.16 (22), p.4500
Main Authors: Lledó, Lourdes, Giménez-Pardo, Consuelo, Gegúndez, María Isabel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial - blood
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Antigens
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia burgdorferi - immunology
Communicable Diseases
Confidence intervals
Disease transmission
Epidemiology
Female
Forestry
Hantavirus
Human populations
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Infections
Lyme disease
Lyme Disease - epidemiology
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus - immunology
Male
Men
Occupational Diseases - blood
Occupational Diseases - diagnosis
Orthohantavirus - immunology
Pathogens
Public health
Rickettsia - immunology
Rural areas
Spain - epidemiology
Vector-borne diseases
Viruses
Wildlife
Women
Zoonoses
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Summary:Exposure to virus (LCMV), hantaviruses, spp. and among forestry workers from a province in central Spain (Guadalajara) was examined by serological screening. This is the first such study in this rural area, where people often live and work in proximity to domestic and wild animals. Immunofluorescent analyses of the serum of 100 forestry workers detected IgG antibodies to LCMV in 2% (CL 95% 0.55%-7.0%) of this population, to hantaviruses in 4% (CL 95% 1.6%-8.3%) for the serum amyloid A (SAA) serotype, and 2% (CL 95% 0.55%-7.0%) for the Seoul virus (SEO) serotype (samples also positive for SAA), to in 8% (CL 95% 4.1%-15%) (3% (CL 95% 1.0%-8.5%) for and 5% (CL 95% 2.2%-11.2%) for , and to in 7% (CL 95% 3.4%-13.8%). The number of people who have been exposed to these organisms is commonly underestimated since most infections are asymptomatic. Greater epidemiological surveillance may therefore be recommended.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph16224500