Detection of specific antibodies against West Nile and Usutu viruses in healthy blood donors in northern Italy, 2010-2011.

Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9516420 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1469-0691 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1198743X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Clin Microbiol Infect Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2015- : London : Elsevier
Original Publication: Paris : Decker Europe, c1995-

Antibodies, Viral/*blood ; Blood Donors/*statistics & numerical data ; Flavivirus/*immunology ; Flavivirus Infections/*blood ; Flavivirus Infections/*epidemiology ; West Nile Fever/*blood ; West Nile virus/*immunology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Flavivirus/isolation & purification ; Flavivirus Infections/immunology ; Humans ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Seroepidemiologic Studies ; West Nile Fever/epidemiology ; West Nile Fever/immunology ; West Nile virus/isolation & purification ; Young Adult

Neutralizing antibodies against West Nile (WNV) and Usutu (USUV) viruses were measured in 6000 samples collected, between 1 September 2010 and 30 June 2011, from blood donors living in different districts of Emilia-Romagna, northeastern Italy. On the basis of the microneutralization assay (MNTA), 47 (0.78%) subjects were positive for WNV and 14 (0.23%) for USUV. These results were compared with those obtained 2 years ago and suggest an increased circulation of USUV among humans in Emilia-Romagna.
(© 2013 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2013 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.)

Keywords: Blood donors; Italy; Usutu virus; West Nile virus; seroprevalence

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Date Created: 20130514 Date Completed: 20140714 Latest Revision: 20131111

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10.1111/1469-0691.12241

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