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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2023

Dried Serum Samples for Antibody Detection in Arthropod-Borne Virus Infections Are an Effective Alternative to Serum Samples.

Daniela Würsch, Othon Rojas-Montes, Angélica Maldonado-Rodríguez, Edgar Sevilla-Reyes, Ana María Cevallos, Gilma Sánchez-Burgos, Adolfo Chávez-Negrete, Rosalía Lira

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Dried Spot Paradigm: Problems and Prospects in Proteomics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Daniela WürschUnidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.
Othon Rojas-MontesUnidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.
Angélica Maldonado-RodríguezUnidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.
Edgar Sevilla-ReyesLaboratorio de Transcriptómica e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Ana María CevallosDepartamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gilma Sánchez-BurgosUnidad de Investigación Médica Yucatán, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mérida, Mexico.
Adolfo Chávez-NegreteEducación e Investigación en Salud, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rosalía LiraUnidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico.
Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI · MXMexican Social Security Institute · MXHospital de Especialidades · MXInstituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The disease burden of arthropod-borne infections is particularly high in low- and middle-income countries, where the availability of resources for surveillance and testing is limited. The lack of local infrastructure demands that biological samples be sent to central laboratories by refrigerated transport, which increases costs and the risk of sample degradation. Dried blood spot samples are an alternative for ensuring sample integrity during transportation and storage. They can be used for the detection of nucleic acids and proteins, such as antigens or antibodies. Here, we compared anti-chikungunya IgM, anti-dengue IgM, anti-dengue IgG, and anti-Zika IgG detection between paired serum and dried serum samples (DSSs); the agreement between results was found to be 90.6%, 94.1%, 85.9%, and 95.5%, respectively, indicating a strong correlation. Our results suggest that DSSs provide a reliable alternative for detection of specific antibodies in arthropod-borne infections.

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Antibodies, ViralAnimalsArthropodsChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusDengueDengue VirusDried Blood Spot TestingHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin M

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PMID37640289
PMCPMC10551088
OpenAlexW4386211923

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