Autor(es): Adekolu-John E.O., Fagbami A.H.

Resumo: A survey for haemagglutination-inhibiting arthropod-borne virus antibody was carried out in the Kainji Lake area of Nigeria. Of267 persons tested, 139 (52%) and 158 (59%) had alphavirus and flavivirus group HI antibody, respectively. The prevalence of antibody to individual virus antigen is as follows: Chikungunya, 45%; Semliki Forest,25%; Sindbis, 33%, Yellow fever, 31%, Dengue type2, 46%; and Zika56%. The presence of high antibody rates to Chikungunya, Dengue type2 and Yellow fever viruses is of public health significance. These viruses have been identified as the most important arthropod-borne viruses causing human infections in Nigeria. © 1983.

Palavras-Chave: Virus Antibody; Adolescent; Adult; Alpha Virus; Article; Child; Flavivirus; Hemagglutination Inhibition Test; Human; Immunology; Nigeria; Preschool Child; Togavirus; Virus Infection; Adolescent; Adult; Alphavirus; Antibodies, Viral; Child; Child, Preschool; Flavivirus; Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; Human; Nigeria; Togaviridae; Togaviridae Infections

Imprenta: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 77, n.2, p. 149-151, 1983.

Descritores: Zika virus - Antibodies ; Zika virus - Immunology ; Zika virus - Viral infections ; Zika virus - Chikungunya Fever ; Zika virus - Dengue ; Zika virus - Public health ; Zika virus - Zika fever

Data de publicação: 1983

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