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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2020

Seroprevalence of Old World Hantaviruses and Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses in Human Populations in Northwestern Ukraine.

Ihor Lozynskyi, Anna Shulgan, Olha Zarichna, Iryna Ben, William Kessler, Xueyuan Cao, Olena Nesterova, Gregory E Glass, Briana Spruill-Harrell, Mariah K Taylor and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ihor LozynskyiResearch Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene of Danylo Halytskyi, Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Anna ShulganResearch Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene of Danylo Halytskyi, Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Olha ZarichnaResearch Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene of Danylo Halytskyi, Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Iryna BenResearch Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene of Danylo Halytskyi, Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
William KesslerDepartment of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Xueyuan CaoCollege of Nursing, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Olena NesterovaBlack and Veatch Special Projects Corp., Kyiv, Ukraine.
Gregory E GlassDepartment of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Briana Spruill-HarrellDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Mariah K TaylorDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Evan P WilliamsDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Colleen B JonssonDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USDanylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University · UAUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Ukraine, a retrospective review of clinical case reports by public health officials suggest that human cases of febrile illnesses associated with hemorrhage may be due to infections of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) and Old World hantaviruses. In a serosurvey of 966 healthy individuals in the Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, bordering Poland, we found that 1.6% showed cross-reactivity to hantaviral antigens by an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and 1.7% of the study participants had antibodies cross-reactive to CCHFV by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Demographic variables and history of exposures obtained through questionnaires were assessed by logistic regression models for association with seroprevalence for both viruses with no significant risk factors found. Analysis of spatial distribution identified two clusters of samples positive for antibodies to both hantaviruses and CCHFV, which, however, were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). In general, the study results suggest that the population of the study area is exposed to hantaviruses and CCHFV. Further surveillance for respective pathogens in Ukraine is warranted and prospective surveillance of febrile patients with unidentified febrile illness.

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Hemorrhagic Fever, CrimeanHemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-CongoOrthohantavirusAntibodies, ViralEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSeroepidemiologic StudiesUkraineAntibodies, ViralCrimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virusDobrava-Belgrade virusDOBVhantaviruseshuman population surveyPuumala virusPUUVUkraine

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PMID33194835
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