Transplacental Chikungunya Virus Antibody Kinetics, Thailand

Transplacental Chikungunya Virus Antibody Kinetics, Thailand

Antibodies to chikungunya virus were detected by hemagglutination-inhibition assay in 33.6% of 2,000 infants' cord sera at delivery. Follow-up of 24 seropositive infants showed that the half-life of antibody persistence was 35.5 days. Chikungunya virus infection is common in Thailand, and routi...

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Main Authors: Veerachai Watanaveeradej, Timothy P. Endy, Sriluck Simasathien, Angkool Kerdpanich, Napuschon Polprasert, Chanchai Aree, David W. Vaughn, Ananda Nisalak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
dengue
chikungunya
alphavirus
Aedes
transplacental
antibody
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/11/05-1560_article

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