1. Zika Virus Seroprevalence in Urban and Rural Areas of Suriname, 2017
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Sandra Hermelijn, Noreen Mumtaz, Georgina Arron, Eric C. M. van Gorp, Lesley Resida, Merril Wongsokarijo, Gaitree Baldewsingh, Tom Brinkman, Barry Rockx, Stephen Vreden, Marion Koopmans, Thomas Langerak, Erasmus MC other, and Virology
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0301 basic medicine ,Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Prevalence ,Rainforest ,Antibodies, Viral ,Neutralization ,Zika virus ,Disease Outbreaks ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,Major Articles and Brief Reports ,0302 clinical medicine ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Neutralization Tests ,Seroepidemiologic Studies ,Immunology and Allergy ,Seroprevalence ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Suriname ,biology ,seroprevalence ,Zika Virus Infection ,Outbreak ,Zika Virus ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Antibodies, Neutralizing ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,Geography ,Immunoglobulin G ,Viruses ,Female ,Rural area ,Tropical rainforest ,flaviviruses - Abstract
In 2015–2016, a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak occurred in the Americas. In 2017, we conducted a ZIKV serosurvey in Suriname in which 770 participants were recruited from 1 urban area and 2 rural villages in the tropical rainforest. All collected samples were tested for presence of ZIKV antibodies using a ZIKV immunoglobulin G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a virus neutralization assay. We found that 35.1% of the participants had neutralizing antibodies against ZIKV. In 1 remote village in the rainforest, 24.5% of the participants had neutralizing antibodies against ZIKV, suggesting that ZIKV was widely spread across Suriname., In this Zika virus seroprevalence study performed in Suriname in 2017, serum samples were collected from 770 participants in 1 urban area and 2 rural villages. Neutralizing antibodies against Zika virus were detected in 35.1% of the participants.
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