Letter Silent Arenavirus Infection in Individuals Living in Colniza, Mato
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 51(6):881-882, Nov-Dec, 2018 doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0071-2018 Letter Silent arenavirus infection in individuals living in Colniza, Mato Grosso, Brazil Jorlan Fernandes[1], Thayssa Alves Coelho da Silva[1], Renata Carvalho de Oliveira[1], Alexandro Guterres[1], Elaine Cristina de Oliveira[2],[3], Ana Claudia Pereira Terças[4], Silvana C. Levis[5], Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes[2], Marina Atakana[2], Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos[1] [1]. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. [2]. Hopital Universitário Julio Müller, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. [3]. Secreteria de Estado de Saúde do Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. [4]. Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, MT, Brasil. [5]. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas, Pergamino, Argentina. Dear Editor, study region is divided into three distinct community clusters, according to occupational activity: (i) mining (where mining companies are concentrated); (ii) extraction and processing of More than half of all the infectious diseases that affect wood; and (iii) village (where subsistence trade predominates). humans have a zoonotic origin, and as anthropogenic impacts This region has no basic sanitation, electricity or access to other on ecosystems accumulate, the threat of zoonotic disease basic amenities. Between 2000 and 2007, Colniza presented one grows1. The exploitation of forests for timber and mining of of the highest population growth rates in the period – 15.3%. gold and other minerals in Brazil has multiple environmental The municipality has also presented high rates of deforestation, impacts including the associated deforestation, migration of having been identified as one of the top cities responsible for populations, dramatic demographic growth, and sudden changes the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest8.
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