Prevalence of Usutu and West Nile virus antibodies in human sera,Modena, Italy, 2012 |
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| Authors: | Giovanni Faggioni PhD Riccardo De Santis PhD Alice Pomponi PhD Antonella Grottola LS Giulia Fregni Serpini LS Marisa Meacci LS William Gennari LS Sara Tagliazucchi LS Monica Pecorari LS Federica Monaco LS Giovanni Savini PhD Eleonora Benedetti LS Maria Elena Remoli LS Claudia Fortuna LS Giulietta Venturi LS Giovanni Rezza MD Florigio Lista MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Scientific Department, Army Medical Center, Roma, Italy;2. Microbiology and Virology Unit, University Hospital Polyclinic, Modena, Italy;3. OIE Reference Laboratory for West Nile Fever, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise, Teramo, Italy;4. Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, ltaly |
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| Abstract: | A collection of 3069 human sera collected in the area of the municipality of Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy, was retrospectively investigated for specific antibodies against Usutu (USUV) and West Nile viruses (WNV). All the samples resulting positive using a preliminary screening test were analyzed with the plaque reduction neutralization test. Overall, 24 sera were confirmed as positive for USUV (0.78%) and 13 for WNV (0.42%). The results suggest that in 2012, USUV was circulating more than WNV in North‐eastern Italy. |
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| Keywords: | Emilia‐Romagna plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) seroprevalence Usutu virus West Nile virus |
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