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SUBMITTER: Saba Villarroel PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5858838 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saba Villarroel Paola Mariela PM Nurtop Elif E Pastorino Boris B Roca Yelin Y Drexler Jan Felix JF Gallian Pierre P Jaenisch Thomas T Leparc-Goffart Isabelle I Priet Stéphane S Ninove Laetitia L de Lamballerie Xavier X
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20180307 3
<h4>Background</h4>Zika virus (ZIKV), was widely reported in Latin America and has been associated with neuropathologies, as microcephaly, but only few seroprevalence studies have been published to date. Our objective was to determine the seroprevalence amongst Bolivian blood donors and estimate the future potential circulation of the virus.<h4>Methodology</h4>A ZIKV seroprevalence study was conducted between December 2016 and April 2017 in 814 asymptomatic Bolivian volunteer blood donors residi ...[more]