Detection of Usutu-virus-specific IgG in blood donors from northern Italy

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2012 May;12(5):431-3. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0813. Epub 2012 Jan 4.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Blood Donors
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese / classification
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese / immunology*
  • Encephalitis, Arbovirus / blood
  • Encephalitis, Arbovirus / epidemiology*
  • Encephalitis, Arbovirus / immunology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Flavivirus Infections / blood
  • Flavivirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Flavivirus Infections / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G