Prevalence of Usutu and West Nile virus antibodies in human sera, Modena, Italy, 2012

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 w...

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Published inJournal of medical virology Vol. 90; no. 10; pp. 1666 - 1668
Main Authors Faggioni, Giovanni, Santis, Riccardo, Pomponi, Alice, Grottola, Antonella, Serpini, Giulia Fregni, Meacci, Marisa, Gennari, William, Tagliazucchi, Sara, Pecorari, Monica, Monaco, Federica, Savini, Giovanni, Benedetti, Eleonora, Remoli, Maria Elena, Fortuna, Claudia, Venturi, Giulietta, Rezza, Giovanni, Lista, Florigio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2018
Subjects
Antibodies
Emilia‐Romagna
Neutralization
plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT)
seroprevalence
Usutu virus
Virology
Viruses
West Nile virus
Italy
seroprevalence
plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT)
Usutu virus
Emilia-Romagna
West Nile virus
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Summary: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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ISSN:0146-6615
1096-9071
DOI:10.1002/jmv.25230