[Seroprevalence of antibodies to Seoul virus in occupational risk groups].
A seroprevalence study was performed to determine the percentage of people exposed to Seoul virus among biologists and police officers (n = 226), whose work might put them into contact with viral reservoirs. Detection of specific IgG antibodies was performed by indirect immunofluorescence and western-blot. There was one positive result among the biologists (4.54%). This study confirms Seoul virus exposure in one of the employment groups studied.
Lledó
Lourdes
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Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. lourdes.lledo@uab.es
Gegúndez
María Isabel
MI
Saz
José Vicente
JV
Beltrán
María
M
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