Seroprevalence of three emerging arboviral infections in Kuwaiti nationals.

Abstract

Diseases caused by dengue, sandfly fever and hanta viruses pose a major health risk in many countries. We determined the threat of these arboviral infections through a serologic using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based tests. Hantavirus-specific antibodies were also detected using immunofluorescence. Of 499 samples tested for dengue virus IgG antibodies l4% were as positive for dengue positive by all the ELISA tests. Among the 42 showing strong IgG reactivity, only 1 was positive for dengue virus IgM antibodies. All samples tested for IgG antibodies to sandfly fever virus were negative. Hantavirus antibodies were detected in 11% of the 46 samples from high-risk individuals. The low prevalences suggest that at present these infections are not a serious problem in Kuwait.

• Authors: A S Pacsa, U C Chaturvedi, A S Mustafa
• Journal: Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (East Mediterr Health J) Vol. 9 Issue 3 Pg. 266-73 (May 2003) ISSN: 1020-3397 [Print] Egypt
• PMID: 15751918 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Viral
• Immunoglobulin G

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Antibodies, Viral (blood)
• Arboviruses (immunology)
• Bunyaviridae (immunology)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Communicable Diseases, Emerging (blood, epidemiology, immunology, transmission)
• Dengue (blood, epidemiology, immunology, transmission)
• Endemic Diseases (statistics & numerical data)
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Orthohantavirus (immunology)
• Hantavirus Infections (blood, epidemiology, immunology, transmission)
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin G (blood)
• Infant
• Kuwait (epidemiology)
• Middle Aged
• Phlebotomus Fever (blood, epidemiology, immunology, transmission)
• Population Surveillance
• Risk Factors
• Seroepidemiologic Studies