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Arbovirus infections and viral haemorrhagic fevers in Uganda: a serological survey in Karamoja district, 1984.

Abstract
Sera collected in May 1984 from 132 adult residents of Karamoja district, Uganda, were examined by haemagglutination inhibition tests for antibodies against selected arboviruses, namely Chikungunya and Semliki Forest alphaviruses (Togaviridae); dengue type 2, Wesselsbron, West Nile, yellow fever and Zika flaviviruses (Flaviviridae); Bunyamwera, Ilesha and Tahyna bunyaviruses (Bunyaviridae); and Sicilian sandfly fever phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae); and by immunofluorescence tests against certain haemorrhagic fever viruses, Lassa fever arenavirus (Arenaviridae), Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Zaïre and Marburg filoviruses (Filoviridae), Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever nairovirus and Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae). Antibodies against Chikungunya virus were the most prevalent (47%), followed by flavivirus antibodies (16%), which were probably due mainly to West Nile virus. No evidence of yellow fever or dengue virus circulation was observed. A few individuals had antibodies against Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses, suggesting that these viruses all circulate in the area.
AuthorsF Rodhain, J P Gonzalez, E Mercier, B Helynck, B Larouze, C Hannoun
JournalTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg) 1989 Nov-Dec Vol. 83 Issue 6 Pg. 851-4 ISSN: 0035-9203 [Print] England
PMID2559514 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Viral
Topics
  • Adult
  • Alphavirus (immunology)
  • Antibodies, Viral (analysis)
  • Arbovirus Infections (epidemiology, immunology)
  • Bunyaviridae (immunology)
  • Chikungunya virus (immunology)
  • Female
  • Flavivirus (immunology)
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
  • Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral (epidemiology, immunology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Togaviridae Infections (epidemiology)
  • Uganda (epidemiology)
  • Zika Virus (immunology)

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