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ArticleViruses2021

Different Cross-Reactivities of IgM Responses in Dengue, Zika and Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Infections.

Karin Stiasny, Stefan Malafa, Stephan W Aberle, Iris Medits, Georgios Tsouchnikas, Judith H Aberle, Heidemarie Holzmann, Franz X Heinz

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karin StiasnyCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1902-8674
Stefan MalafaCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Stephan W AberleCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Iris MeditsCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Georgios TsouchnikasCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Judith H AberleCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Heidemarie HolzmannCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Franz X HeinzCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 29928
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaviviruses circulate worldwide and cause a number of medically relevant human diseases, such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). Serology plays an important role in the diagnosis of flavivirus infections, but can be impeded by antigenic cross-reactivities among flaviviruses. Therefore, serological diagnosis of a recent infection can be insufficiently specific, especially in areas where flaviviruses co-circulate and/or vaccination coverage against certain flaviviruses is high. In this study, we developed a new IgM assay format, which is well suited for the specific diagnosis of TBE, Zika and dengue virus infections. In the case of TBE and Zika, the IgM response proved to be highly specific for the infecting virus. In contrast, primary dengue virus infections induced substantial amounts of cross-reactive IgM antibodies, which is most likely explained by structural peculiarities of dengue virus particles. Despite the presence of cross-reactive IgM, the standardized nature and the quantitative read-out of the assay even allowed the serotype-specific diagnosis of recent dengue virus infections in most instances.

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Antibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCohort StudiesCross ReactionsDengueDengue VirusEncephalitis, Tick-BorneEncephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneFlavivirusFlavivirus InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulin MSerogroupSerologic TestsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralImmunoglobulin Mdengueflavivirus cross-reactivityflavivirus IgM responsetick-borne encephalitisZika

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PMID33807442
PMCPMC8066087
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