Volume 14, Number 7—July 2008
Letter
Importation of West Nile Virus Infection from Nicaragua to Spain
Begoña Monge Maillo*, Rogelio López-Vélez*
, Francesca F. Norman*, Fernando de Ory†, María Paz Sanchez-Seco†, and Cesare Giovanni Fedele†
, Francesca F. Norman*, Fernando de Ory†, María Paz Sanchez-Seco†, and Cesare Giovanni Fedele†
Table
Serologic results for antibodies to West Nile virus (WNV), dengue virus (DV), and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV)*
| Sample/ d after onset | WNV |
DV ELISA |
TBEV ELISA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELISA |
PRNT |
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| IgG† | IgG‡ | IT-IgG§ | IgM† | Ab‡ | IT Ab¶ | IgG† | IgM† | IgG† | IgM† | ||||
| S1/13 | 3.5 | 65,000 | 3.54 | 3.6 | 256 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 59.5 | 0.1 | |||
| CSF/13 | 4,000 | Pos# | 32 | ||||||||||
| S2/160 | 3.2 | 16,000 | 0.8 | 64 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 27 | 0.1 | |||||
*PRNT, plaque reduction neutralization assay; Ig, immunoglobulin; Ab, antibodies; IT, intrathecal; S1, first serum sample, obtained 13 days after onset of symptoms; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Pos, positive; S2, second serum sample, obtained 160 days after onset of symptoms.
†Results expressed as the ratio of sample absorbance to cutoff value (positive >1.0).
‡Titer.
§IT production of WNV IgG (ELISA).
¶IT production of WNV antibodies (PRNT).
#CSF tested diluted 1:2.
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