Introduction:

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (SPHV) is an acute viral disease caused by members of the genus Orthohantavirus, family Bunyaviridae, transmitted by rodents present in tropical and semitropical areas of the department of La Paz.

Objectives:

Diagnose hantavirus by IgG and IgM serology, in the northeast of the Department of La Paz, Bolivia, in patients with suspected Hantavirus infection using the ELISA test and perform a basic epidemiological analysis.

Materials and methods:

This work is a descriptive cross-sectional study, the ELISA (Euroimmun) diagnostic method was used to detect the presence of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to hantavirus in serum samples, with a universe of 138 samples. from January to August of the 2022 management in patients with suspected Hantavirus infection sent from different hospitals and health centers to the Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of Health Laboratories (INLASA).

Results and conclusions:

The presence of IgM and IgG for hantavirus was detected in the serum samples processed by serology in the Virology Laboratory, of which 138 samples, 12% are positive for IgG, 4% positive for IgM and the remaining 84% are negative. These samples come from health centers and establishments in the northeast of the Department of La Paz, observing a higher percentage of cases in the male sex, affecting the age group of 41 to 50 years, and there being a high number of cases present between the months of February and April, in addition to observing signs and symptoms recorded in epidemiological files.

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