Human Exposure to Hantaviruses Associated with Rodents of the Murinae Subfamily, Madagascar
Harinirina Aina Rabemananjara
1, Vololoniaina Raharinosy
1, Ravo Michèle Razafimahefa, Jean Pierre Ravalohery, Jean Théophile Rafisandratantsoa, Soa Fy Andriamandimby, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Soanandrasana Rahelinirina, Aina Harimanana, Judickaelle Irinantenaina, Marie-Marie Olive, Christophe Rogier, Noël Tordo, Rainer G. Ulrich, Jean-Marc Reynes, Stéphane Petres, Jean-Michel Heraud
2, Sandra Telfer
2 , and Claudia Filippone
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Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar (H.A. Rabemananjara, V. Raharinosy, R.M. Razafimahefa, J.P. Ravalohery, J.T. Rafisandratantsoa, S.F. Andriamandimby, M. Rajerison, S. Rahelinirina, A. Harimanana, J. Irinantenaina, M.-M. Olive, C. Rogier, J.-M. Heraud, C. Filippone); Central Directorate of the French Military Health Service, Paris, France (C. Rogier); Institut Pasteur, Conakry, Guinea (N. Tordo); Institut Pasteur, Paris (N. Tordo, J.-M. Reynes, S. Petres); Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (R.G. Ulrich); German Center for Infection Research, Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Germany (R.G. Ulrich); University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (S. Telfer)
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Figure. Geographic distribution of IgG hantavirus human seroprevalence in Madagascar for the 28 sites of the national-scale study and (inset) for the 4 sites close to forest in Moramanga district. Maps were built with QGIS software version 3.8.0—Zanzibar (Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project, http://qgis.osgeo.org). Small inset map shows location of Madagascar off the coast of Africa.
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