From September 2011 until November 2012, 31 serum samples from German patients with clinically sus - pected acute Usutu virus (USUV) infections were tested for USUV-specific antibodies. All samples tested nega - tive. In addition, 4,200 serum samples from healthy blood donors from south-west Germany were collected in January 2012 and also analysed for the presence of specific antibodies. One sample tested positive for USUV-IgG and -IgM. Thus, the seroprevalence of USUV antibodies in healthy blood donors from south-west Germany was low in January 2012.
Detection of Usutu virus infection in a healthy blood donor from south-west Germany, 2012 / Allering L;Jöst H;Emmerich P;Günther S;Lattwein E;Schmidt M;Seifried E;Sambri V;Hourfar K;Schmidt-Chanasit J. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1025-496X. - ELETTRONICO. - 17:50(2012), pp. 20341.2-20341.4.
Detection of Usutu virus infection in a healthy blood donor from south-west Germany, 2012
SAMBRI, VITTORIO;
2012
Abstract
From September 2011 until November 2012, 31 serum samples from German patients with clinically sus - pected acute Usutu virus (USUV) infections were tested for USUV-specific antibodies. All samples tested nega - tive. In addition, 4,200 serum samples from healthy blood donors from south-west Germany were collected in January 2012 and also analysed for the presence of specific antibodies. One sample tested positive for USUV-IgG and -IgM. Thus, the seroprevalence of USUV antibodies in healthy blood donors from south-west Germany was low in January 2012.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
