Title
Prevalence of antibodies to norwalk virus among amerindlans in isolated amazonian communities
Date Issued
01 April 1994
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gabbay Y.B.
Glass R.I.
Monroe S.S.
Estes M.K.
Mascarenhas J.D.a.P.
Linhares A.C.
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
The seroepidemiology of Norwalk virus infections was examined among Amerindians belonging to eight relatively isolated communities in the Amazon region by means of a new enzyme immunoassay using recombinant Norwalk virus antigen. The seropreva lence of antibodies to Norwalk virus ranged from 39% in the Maiogong to 100% in the Kubenkrankrein. The distribution of antibody levels varied greatly among groups; five of the eight communities had an antibody prevalence greater than 90% with many high values (>100 units), while three had both a low seroprevalence and a preponderance of low values (<100 units). While few children less than 5 years of age were sampled, no significant differences in antibody prevalence were noted among age groups, and the prevalence of antibody among children 5-10 years of age approached that of the older age groups. The low prevalence of titers of antibodies to Norwalk virus in several tribes living in these isolated Indian communities suggests that Norwalk virus may have been only recently introduced. © 1994 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Start page
728
End page
733
Volume
139
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0028343720
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Epidemiology
ISSN of the container
00029262
Sponsor(s)
Dr. Gabbay was the recipient of a grant from the Pan American Health and Education Foundation and supported in part by grant AI30448 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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