Prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus antibodies in healthy children and adolescents in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-412

  Figueira Silva, Cecília M ^a   Pereira, Fausto E L ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EBV antibodies; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIBODY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCOME; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 4644336833     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000500008     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Andiman WA. The Epstein-Barr virus and EB virus infections in childhood. The Journal of Pediatrics 95: 171-182, 1979.
2. Araújo I, Foss HD, Biitencourt A, Hummel M, Demel G, Mendonça N, Herbst H, Stein H. Expression of Epstein-Barr virus gene products in Burkitt's lymphoma in northeast Brazil. Blood 87: 5279-5285, 1996.
3. Bacchi MM, Bacchi CE, Alvarenga M, Miranda R, Chen YY, Weiss LM. Burkitt's lymphoma in Brazil: strong association with Epstein-Barr virus. Modern Pathology 9: 63-67, 1996.
4. Biggar RJ, Henle G, Böcker J, Lennette ET, Fleisher G, Henle W. Primary EBV infections in African infants. Il. Clinical and serological observations during seroconversion. International Journal of Cancer 22:244-250, 1978.
5. Black FI, Hierholzer WJ, Pinheiro FP, Evans AS, Woodal JP, Opton EM, Emmons JE, West BS, Edssal G, Downs WG, Wallace GD. Evidence for persistence of infectious agents in isolated human populations. American Journal of Epidemiology 100:230-249, 1974.
6. Candeias JAN, Pereira MS. A Survey of Epstein-Barr virus antibody in adults and children of different ages. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 12: 333-338, 1970.
7. Carvalho RPS, Evans AS, Frost P, Dalldorf G, Camargo ME, Jamra M. EBV Infections in Brazil. I - Occurrence in normal persons, in lymphomas and in leukemias. International Journal of Cancer 11:191-201, 1973.
8. Carvalho RPS, Evans AS, Pannuti CS, Frost P, Grossman L, Jamra MA. EBV infections in Brazil. III - Infectious mononucleosis. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 23: 167-172, 1981.
9. Chen WG, Chen YY, Bacchi MM, Bacchi CE, Alvarenga M, Weiss LM. Genotyping of Epstein-Barr virus in Brazilian Burkitt's lymphoma and reactive lymphoid tissue. American Journal of Pathology 148:17-23, 1996.
10. Cohen JI. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection. The New England Journal of Medicine 343: 481-492, 2000.
11. Demissie A, Syedmyr A. Age distribution of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus in Swedish females as studied by indirect immunofluorescence on Burkitt cells. Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica 75:457-465, 1969.
12. Ferrés M, Prado PD, Ovalle JP, Fuentes RV, Villarroel LD, Ferrecio C, Vial PC. Prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus infection in healthy individuals in Santiago, Chile. Revista Medica del Chile 123:1447-1452, 1995.
13. Henle G, Henle W. Observations on childhood infections with the Epstein-Barr virus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 121:303-310, 1970.
14. Hernandéz AA, Alvarez M, Marrero M, Ramirez PH, Blanco R. Prevalencia del virus Epstein-Barr en un grupo de donantes en ciudad de la Habana. Revista Cubana de Hematología, Immunología e Hemoterapia 7: 31-36, 1991.
15. Hinuma Y, Ohta-hatano R, Suto T, Numazaki Y. High incidence of Japanese infants with antibody to a Herpes-Type virus associated with cultured Burkitt lymphoma cells. The Japanese Journal of Microbiology 13:309-311, 1969.
16. Joncas J, Boucher J, Oranger-julien M, Filion C. Epstein-Barr virus infection in the neonatal period and in childhood. Canadian Medical Association Journal 110: 33-37, 1974.
17. Martinez Zapico R, Sobejano L, Llamazares I, Ladron de Guevara C. Evaluation of IgG-IgM antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen (EBNA-1) using ELISA. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica 10:281-283, 1992.
18. Mendoza HR, Maldonado P, Grullón L, Ureña G, Koenig E. Prevalencia de anticuerpos contra el virus de Epstein-Barr en ninos de 9m a 16 años. Archivos Dominicanos de Pediatria 5: 17-18, 1989.
19. Niederman JC, Evans AS, Subrahmanyan L, Mccollum RW. Prevalence, incidence and persistence of Epstein-Barr virus antibody in young adults. The New England Journal of Medicine 282: 361-365, 1970.
20. Pereira MS, Blake JM, Macrae AD. EB virus antibody at different ages: British Medical Journal 4: 526-527, 1969.
21. Prefeitura Municipal de Vitória. Dados sobre o município de Vitória. www.vitoria.es.gov.br., 1996.
22. Sandlund JT, Fonseca T, Leimig T, Verissimo L, Ribeiro R, Lira V, Berard CW, Sixbey J, Crist WM, Mao L, Chen G, Pui CH, Heim M, Pedrosa F. Predominance and characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma among children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in northeastern Brazil. Leukemia 11: 743-746, 1997.
23. Sumaya CV, Ench Y. Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis in children. I Clinical and general laboratory findings. Pediatrics 75: 1003-1010, 1985.
24. Sumaya CV, Henle W, Henle G, Smith MHD, Leblanc D. Seroepidemiologic study of Epstein-Barr virus infections in a rural community. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 131:403-408, 1975.
25. Ternak G, Szucs G, Uj M. The serological signs of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) activity in the elderly. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica. 44:133-140, 1997.
26. Tischendorf P, Shramek GJ, Balagtas RC, Deinhardt F, Knospe WH, Noble GR, Maynard JE. Development and persistence of immunity of Epstein-Barr virus in man. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 122: 401-409, 1970.
27. Yadav MS, Malliga N, Ablashi DV. Development of Immunity to Epstein-Barr Virus in Malaysian Children. Microbiologica 10: 29-35, 1987.