TY - JOUR AU - Terças, Ana Cláudia Pereira AU - Atanaka dos Santos, Marina AU - Pignatti, Marta Gislene AU - Espinosa, Mariano Martinez AU - Via, Alba Valéria Gomes de Melo AU - Menegatti, Jaqueline Aparecida T1 - Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Outbreak, Brazil, December 2009–January 2010 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 11 SP - 1824 SN - 1080-6059 AB - An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in the Sobradinho Indian settlement of the Kayabí ethnic group in northern Mato Grosso during December 2009–January 2010. We conducted a retrospective study to clarify the outbreak’s epidemiologic and clinical characteristics. Results suggest a relationship between the outbreak and deforestation and farming expansion in indigenous areas. KW - hantavirus pulmonary syndrome KW - outbreak KW - epidemiological surveillance KW - respiratory infections KW - hantavirus KW - viruses KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid1911.120463 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/11/12-0463_article ER - End of Reference