title: Detection of Usutu virus infection in a healthy blood donor from south-west Germany, 2012.
abstract: From September 2011 until November 2012, 31 serum samples from German patients with clinically suspected acute Usutu virus (USUV) infections were tested for USUV-specific antibodies. All samples tested negative. In addition, 4,200 serum samples from healthy blood donors from south-west Germany were collected in January 2012 and also analysed for the presence of specific antibodies. One sample tested positive for USUV-IgG and -IgM. Thus, the seroprevalence of USUV antibodies in healthy blood donors from south-west Germany was low in January 2012.
authors.affiliation: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Allering
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jöst
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Emmerich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lattwein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seifried
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sambri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hourfar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Chanasit
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018349:Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M