Seroprevalence of antibodies to Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex (subtypes IAB and VI) in humans from General Belgrano Island, Formosa, Argentina

Seroprevalence of antibodies to Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex (subtypes IAB and VI) in humans from General Belgrano Island, Formosa, Argentina

This work presents the results of the detection of antibodies (immunoglobulin G) for subtypes I and VI of VEE viruses complex (Togaviridae family) in people from the General Belgrano island, Formosa province (Argentina). The prevalence of neutralizing (NT) antibodies for subtype VI was from 30% to 7...

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Main Authors: Cámara Alicia, Díaz Gladis, Vega Victor, Basualdo María, Contigiani Marta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Alphavirus
Togaviridae
VEE
Seroprevalence
Humans
Argentina
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652003000400005

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