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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a neglected human pathogen associated with aseptic meningitis, severe systemic infections in immunocompromised persons, and congenital anomalies. Data on the prevalence of LCMV infections are scarce. We analyzed the seroprevalence of LCMV in continental C...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33947040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020067 |
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author | Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana Oreski, Tena Korva, Misa Kolaric, Branko Stevanovic, Vladimir Zidovec-Lepej, Snjezana Tabain, Irena Jelicic, Pavle Miklausic-Pavic, Bozana Savic, Vladimir Barbic, Ljubo Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana |
author_facet | Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana Oreski, Tena Korva, Misa Kolaric, Branko Stevanovic, Vladimir Zidovec-Lepej, Snjezana Tabain, Irena Jelicic, Pavle Miklausic-Pavic, Bozana Savic, Vladimir Barbic, Ljubo Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana |
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description | Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a neglected human pathogen associated with aseptic meningitis, severe systemic infections in immunocompromised persons, and congenital anomalies. Data on the prevalence of LCMV infections are scarce. We analyzed the seroprevalence of LCMV in continental Croatian regions. A total of 338 serum samples of professionally exposed (forestry workers, hunters, agriculture workers in contact with rodents) and non-exposed populations (general population, pregnant women) were tested for the presence of LCMV antibodies using indirect immunofluorescence assay. No participants reported recent febrile disease. LCMV IgG antibodies were detected in 23/6.8% of participants: 9.8% exposed persons and 5.1% non-exposed persons (6.1% in the general population and 3.9% in pregnant women). No participants were LCMV IgM positive. Although higher seropositivity was found in males compared to females (8.9% vs. 4.7%), inhabitants of suburban/rural areas compared to inhabitants of urban areas (9.2% vs. 4.6%), and persons who used well as a source of water compared to those who used tap (11.4% vs. 5.6%), these differences did not reach statistical significance. Results of logistic regression showed that the presence of rodents in the house/yard and cleaning rodent nests were associated with an elevated risk for LCMV infection (OR = 2.962, 95% CI = 1.019–8.607). |
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spelling | pubmed-81677172021-06-02 Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana Oreski, Tena Korva, Misa Kolaric, Branko Stevanovic, Vladimir Zidovec-Lepej, Snjezana Tabain, Irena Jelicic, Pavle Miklausic-Pavic, Bozana Savic, Vladimir Barbic, Ljubo Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana Trop Med Infect Dis Article Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a neglected human pathogen associated with aseptic meningitis, severe systemic infections in immunocompromised persons, and congenital anomalies. Data on the prevalence of LCMV infections are scarce. We analyzed the seroprevalence of LCMV in continental Croatian regions. A total of 338 serum samples of professionally exposed (forestry workers, hunters, agriculture workers in contact with rodents) and non-exposed populations (general population, pregnant women) were tested for the presence of LCMV antibodies using indirect immunofluorescence assay. No participants reported recent febrile disease. LCMV IgG antibodies were detected in 23/6.8% of participants: 9.8% exposed persons and 5.1% non-exposed persons (6.1% in the general population and 3.9% in pregnant women). No participants were LCMV IgM positive. Although higher seropositivity was found in males compared to females (8.9% vs. 4.7%), inhabitants of suburban/rural areas compared to inhabitants of urban areas (9.2% vs. 4.6%), and persons who used well as a source of water compared to those who used tap (11.4% vs. 5.6%), these differences did not reach statistical significance. Results of logistic regression showed that the presence of rodents in the house/yard and cleaning rodent nests were associated with an elevated risk for LCMV infection (OR = 2.962, 95% CI = 1.019–8.607). MDPI 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8167717/ /pubmed/33947040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020067 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana Oreski, Tena Korva, Misa Kolaric, Branko Stevanovic, Vladimir Zidovec-Lepej, Snjezana Tabain, Irena Jelicic, Pavle Miklausic-Pavic, Bozana Savic, Vladimir Barbic, Ljubo Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions |
title | Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions |
title_full | Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions |
title_short | Prevalence and Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Continental Croatian Regions |
title_sort | prevalence and risk factors for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in continental croatian regions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33947040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020067 |
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