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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Arbovirus infections and viral haemorrhagic fevers in Uganda: A serological survey in Karamoja district, 1984
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 83, No. 6, Year 1989
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Description
Sera collected in May 1984 from 132 adult residents of Karamoja district, Uganda, were examined by haemagglutination inhibition tests for antibodies against selected arboviruses, namely Chikungunya and Semliki Forest alphaviruses (Togaviridae); dengue type 2, Wesselsbron, West Nile, yellow fever and Zika flaviviruses (Flaviviridae); Bunyamwera, Ilesha and Tahyna bunyaviruses (Bunyaviridae); and Sicilian sandfly fever phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae); and by immunofluorescence tests against certain haemorrhagic fever viruses, Lassa fever arenavirus (Arenavir- idae), Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Zaire and Marburg filovir- uses (Filoviridae), Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever nairovirus and Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae). Antibodies against Chikungunya virus were the most prevalent (47%), followed by flavivirus antibodies (16%), which were probably due mainly to West Nile virus. No evidence of yellow fever or dengue virus circulation was observed. A few individuals had antibodies against Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses, suggesting that these viruses all circulate in the area. © 1989 Oxford University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rodhain, François
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Gonzalez, J. P.
Central African Republic, Bangui
Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement Bangui
Mercier, E.
Uganda
Tokora
Helynck, B.
Uganda
Tokora
Larouzé, Bernard
France, Paris
Hôpital Bichat-claude-bernard Ap-hp
Hannoun, C.
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Statistics
Citations: 70
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(89)90352-0
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Congo
Sudan
Uganda