Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infections and Seroprevalence, Southern Iraq

Acute febrile neurological infection cases in southern Iraq (N = 212) were screened for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Two LCMV IgM-positive serum samples and 2 cerebrospinal fluid samples with phylogenetically distinct LCMV strains were found. The overall LCMV seroprevalence was 8.8%. LCMV infections are common and associated with acute neurological disease in Iraq.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 26(2020), 12 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 3002-3006

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alburkat, Hussein [VerfasserIn]
Jääskeläinen, Anne J [VerfasserIn]
Barakat, Ali M [VerfasserIn]
Hasony, Hassan J [VerfasserIn]
Sironen, Tarja [VerfasserIn]
Al-Hello, Haider [VerfasserIn]
Smura, Teemu [VerfasserIn]
Vapalahti, Olli [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
IgG
IgM
Immunofluorescence assay
Iraq
Journal Article
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Mammarenavirus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Seroprevalence
Viruses
Zoonoses

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.05.2021

Date Revised 26.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2612.201792

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317868349