Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Outbreak, Brazil, December 2009–January 2010

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
• outbreak
• epidemiological surveillance
• respiratory infections
• hantavirus
• viruses