Seroprevalence of Alphavirus Antibodies in a Cross-Sectional Study in Southwestern Tanzania Suggests Endemic Circulation of Chikungunya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Weller, Nina ^a   Clowes, Petra ^b   Dobler, Gerhard ^c,d   Saathoff, Elmar ^a,d   Kroidl, Inge ^a,b   Ntinginya, Nyanda Elias ^b   Maboko, Leonard ^b   Löscher, Thomas ^a   Hoelscher, Michael ^a,b,d   Heinrich, Norbert ^a,d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b National Institute for Medical Research Mbeya Medical Research Center   (Tanzania)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d German Center of Infection Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE; ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTOR; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905483302     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002979     Document Type: Article

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