Diagnostic significance of immunoglobulin G avidity in symptomatic and asymptomatic West Nile virus infection

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Tatjana Vilibic-Cavlek, Branimir Kristofic, Vladimir Savic, Branko Kolaric, Ljubo Barbic, Irena Tabain, Ljiljana Peric, Dario Sabadi, Bozana Miklausic, Tanja Potocnik-Hunjadi, Sanja Zember, Vladimir Stevanovic, Eddy Listes, Giovanni Savini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: West Nile virus; Diagnosis; IgG avidity; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Rho
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0482-2017; https://doaj.org/article/fcc05a0df37d478babfe867b678463f6

Abstract INTRODUCTION West Nile virus (WNV) immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies have been shown to persist for up to 500 days in certain patients. To evaluate the usefulness of immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity assessment in the diagnosis of WNV infection, we analyzed 54 WNV IgM- and/or IgG-positive seru...