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Sindbis Virus
Research from University of Helsinki provides new data on sindbis virus
August 12th, 2008
According to recent research from Helsinki, Finland, "Sindbis virus (SINV) is a mosquito-borne causative agent of a fever-rash arthritis, Pogosta disease, as verified recently by virus isolation from acutely ill patients. Pogosta disease occurs annually, but it emerges as unique epidemics every 7 years in Finland; over 10,000 patient samples have been analyzed for SINV antibodies, with over 2000 diagnosed acute SINV infections." "However, the performance of these serological tests with a large number of samples has not been described before. The aim of the present study was to characterize and evaluate methods developed for the serodiagnostics of SINV infection,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
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