Zika Virus Seroprevalence in Urban and Rural Areas of Suriname, 2017.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30753538.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiz063 and PMC identifier 6548893.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Zika Virus
- Zika Virus Infection