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Low Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Blood Donors from
                Catalonia, Spain

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West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging arbovirus first recognized
                in Europe in the 1950s. Since then, outbreaks have been reported
                in several European countries. In 2010, the first WNV outbreak
                was recorded in Spain, affecting the southern part of the
                country. We conducted a seroprevalence study in the Catalonia
                region (northeastern Spain), an area considered at high risk of
                arbovirus transmission. A total of 800 serum samples from blood
                donors were collected and screened for antibodies against WNV by
                enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and confirmed by a
                microneutralization assay. More than 50 samples tested positive
                by ELISA, but only one sample contained neutralizing antibodies
                against WNV and was obtained from a donor native of Pakistan.
                The low seroprevalence detected may serve as reference baseline
                data for monitoring WNV activity in our region in future years.

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Versió postprint del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2015.1787

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Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2015, vol. 15, num. 12, p.
                782-784

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Low Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Blood Donors from
                Catalonia, Spain