title: Prevalence of Toscana virus antibodies in residents of Croatia.
abstract: To assess the prevalence of Toscana virus (TOSV) infection among healthy residents of Croatia we tested sera from 2016 persons, for IgG antibodies to TOSV, by an enzyme immunoassay. A total of 755 (37.5%) persons had IgG antibodies to TOSV: 53.9%, 33.6% and 6.1% among residents of the islands, coastal area and mainland of Croatia, respectively. Risk factors significantly associated with seropositivity to TOSV were: living on islands (OR, 11.10; 95% CI, 6.02-20.50; p <0.001) or in coastal areas (OR, 6.96; 95% CI, 3.81-12.71; p <0.001) and increase of age (OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.02-1.03; p <0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Split University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia. vpunda@kbsplit.hr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Punda-Polić
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jerončić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mohar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Šiško Kraljević
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029301:Sandfly fever Naples virus / Q000276:immunology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D019371:Topography, Medical; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G