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Fluctuations in Antibody Titers against Enterovirus D68 in Pediatric Sera Collected in a Community before, during, and after a Possible Outbreak.
- Source :
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Japanese journal of infectious diseases [Jpn J Infect Dis] 2020 Jan 23; Vol. 73 (1), pp. 55-57. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 30. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- We previously reported a hospital-based epidemiological study on enterovirus (EV)-D68 infection among children during the autumn of 2015, which indirectly inferred an outbreak in Sendai, Japan. In this study, stocked sera of children (aged 0-6 years; without symptoms of infectious diseases) in the Sendai community collected during 4 periods (1 year before, 6 months before, immediately after, and 1 year after the possible outbreak period) were analyzed using the neutralization antibody titer assay to determine community children's immunity levels against EV-D68 infection. The immunity levels were confirmed to have increased during the possible outbreak period and to have gradually waned over 1 year without another outbreak. These results provide background information supporting the results of our previous hospital-based surveillance study.
- Subjects :
- Child
Child, Preschool
Enterovirus Infections blood
Enterovirus Infections epidemiology
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Japan epidemiology
Male
Respiratory Tract Infections epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections immunology
Respiratory Tract Infections virology
Seasons
Antibodies, Neutralizing blood
Antibodies, Viral blood
Disease Outbreaks
Enterovirus D, Human immunology
Enterovirus Infections immunology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1884-2836
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Japanese journal of infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31474700
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2019.056