Influenza Virus Antibodies in Parkinsonism: Comparison of Postencephalic and Idiopathic Parkinson Patients and Matched Controls

• Hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies to four influenza virus strains: A/ Swine/1976/30 (HswN1), A/PR/8/34 (HON1), A/England/1/51 (H1N1), and A/ Singapore/1/57 (H2N2), were studied in blood serum specimens from 20 patients with postencephalitic and 55 patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease an...

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Published inArchives of neurology (Chicago) Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 99 - 100
Main Authors Marttila, Reijo J, Halonen, Pekka, Rinne, Urpo K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 01.02.1977
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Antibodies, Viral - analysis
Humans
Influenza A virus - immunology
Middle Aged
Orthomyxoviridae - immunology
Parkinson Disease - immunology
Parkinson Disease, Postencephalitic - immunology
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Summary:• Hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies to four influenza virus strains: A/ Swine/1976/30 (HswN1), A/PR/8/34 (HON1), A/England/1/51 (H1N1), and A/ Singapore/1/57 (H2N2), were studied in blood serum specimens from 20 patients with postencephalitic and 55 patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease and their age- and sex-matched controls. No significant differences were observed in the distribution or the mean titers of antibodies to any of the four strains tested, when the postencephalitic patients and their controls or the idiopathic patients and their controls were compared. The postencephalitic group was also similar to the idiopathic group with regard to the influenza antibodies.
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ISSN:0003-9942
1538-3687
DOI:10.1001/archneur.1977.00500140053010