Detection of Usutu-virus-specific IgG in blood donors from northern Italy.
We developed a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect the specific IgG response to Usutu virus (USUV) in humans, by evaluating 359 blood donors who were living in northeastern Italy. Our results demonstrate the presence of an anti-USUV response in 4 subjects with no history of other flavivirus infection.
Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Paolo
P
Gaibani
Anna
A
Pierro
Rosa
R
Alicino
Giada
G
Rossini
Francesca
F
Cavrini
Maria Paola
MP
Landini
Vittorio
V
Sambri
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors; D018349:Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D004671:Encephalitis, Arbovirus / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G