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

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  • Lourdes Lledó

    (Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

  • Consuelo Giménez-Pardo

    (Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

  • María Isabel Gegúndez

    (Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

Abstract

Exposure to Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), hantaviruses, Rickettsia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi 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 Rickettsia in 8% (CL 95% 4.1%–15%) (3% (CL 95% 1.0%–8.5%) for R. typhi and 5% (CL 95% 2.2%–11.2%) for R. slovaca , and to B. burgdorferi 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.

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  • Lourdes Lledó & Consuelo Giménez-Pardo & María Isabel Gegúndez, 2019. "Screening of Forestry Workers in Guadalajara Province (Spain) for Antibodies to Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus, Hantavirus, Rickettsia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:22:p:4500-:d:287137
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    1. Lourdes Lledó & María Isabel Gegúndez & Consuelo Giménez-Pardo & Rufino Álamo & Pedro Fernández-Soto & María Sofia Nuncio & José Vicente Saz, 2014. "A Seventeen-Year Epidemiological Surveillance Study of Borrelia burgdorferi Infections in Two Provinces of Northern Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-12, January.
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