Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/37514
Title: Investigation of orthohantavirus seroprevalence in northern rural areas of Denizli province, Turkey
Authors: Polat, C.
Ergin, Çağrı
Akkaya, Y.
Oktem, I.M.A.
Keywords: immunoglobulin G
nucleocapsid protein
adolescent
adult
aged
agricultural worker
animal hunting
Article
blood sampling
controlled study
daily life activity
Dobrava virus
environmental exposure
enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
female
geographic distribution
Hantavirus
Hantavirus infection
health care management
high risk population
human
human experiment
immunoblotting
male
normal human
Puumala virus
seroprevalence
very elderly
veterinarian
Publisher: National Institute of Health
Abstract: Orthohantaviruses infect humans via inhalation of the viral particles in the excreta of infected rodents or direct contact with infected rodents. The infections caused by Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) and Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus (DOBV) have been reported in Turkey. Serum samples of 346 healthy volunteers who are in the high-risk group of Orthohantavirus infections among the residents of Çal, Baklan, Çivril, and Bekilli counties, located in the northeast part of Denizli province, were used in this study. The samples were screened and confirmed using commercial ELISA and immunoblot tests, which detect IgG antibodies against DOBV, PUUV, and Hantaan orthohantavirus. IgG antibodies against PUUV were detected in the samples of 2 volunteers (2/346, 0.6%). One was a veterinarian and the other a farmer and they live in the Baklan and Çal counties, respectively. Both of them have a high probability of exposure to the virus, based on their occupation and living conditions. However, no symptoms were found in the clinical findings of both cases. This study is the first publication of reported PUUV seropositivities from the southwestern part of Turkey. © 2020, National Institute of Health. All rights reserved.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/37514
https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2019.330
ISSN: 1344-6304
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