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
2
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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Table 2
Seroprevalence of hantavirus in humans in the 4 sites close to forest in Moramanga district, Madagascar
Site no. |
Site |
No. positive/total no. participants (%; 95% CI) |
I |
Mangidifoza |
1/31 (3.2; 0.1–18.5) |
II |
Atsahatsaka |
4/36 (11.1; 3.6–27.0) |
III |
Sahamalotra |
3/36 (8.3; 2.1–23.6) |
IV
|
Ambalafary
|
2/36 (5.5; 1.0–20.0)
|
Total |
|
10/139 (7.2; 3.7–13.2) |
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