Prevalence of arbovirus antibodies in young healthy adult population in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases are a cause for worldwide concern. The introduction of Zika and Chikungunya diseases in the Americas has exposed unforeseen medical and logistical challenges for public health systems. Moreover, the lack of preventive measures and vaccination against known and emerging mosquito-transmitted pathogens, and the occurrence of unanticipated clinical complications, has had an enormous social and economic impact on the affected populations. In this study, we aimed to measure the seroprevalence of endemic and emerging viral pathogens in military personnel stationed in Manaus, Amazonas state.

Methods

We measured the seropositivity of antibodies against 19 endemic and emerging viruses in a healthy military personnel grou

SUBMITTER: Salgado BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature