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.
Prevalence of Usutu and West Nile virus antibodies in human sera, Modena, Italy, 2012 / Faggioni, Giovanni; De 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. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. - ISSN 0146-6615. - 90:10(2018), pp. 1666-1668. [10.1002/jmv.25230]
Prevalence of Usutu and West Nile virus antibodies in human sera, Modena, Italy, 2012
Grottola, Antonella;
2018
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.
| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
accepted article-Faggioni_et_al-2018-Journal_of_Medical_Virology.pdf
Open Access
Tipologia:
Versione dell'autore revisionata e accettata per la pubblicazione
Dimensione
70.94 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
70.94 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri Richiedi una copia |
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I metadati presenti in IRIS UNIMORE sono rilasciati con licenza Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal, mentre i file delle pubblicazioni sono rilasciati con licenza Attribuzione 4.0 Internazionale (CC BY 4.0), salvo diversa indicazione.
In caso di violazione di copyright, contattare Supporto Iris
