Clinical and Vaccine Immunology · 2007 · 63 citations · 7 references
VaccinationDiagnostic VirologyViral PersistenceAntibody PersistenceViral DiagnosticsBlood DonorsViral PathogenesisImmunologyVirologyViremic Blood DonorsChronic Viral InfectionHivVirus TransmissionMedicineArbovirusEpidemiologyWest Nile VirusFlavivirus
We evaluated West Nile virus (WNV) antibody persistence by using follow-up plasma samples from 35 blood donors who made viremic donations in 2005. At 26 to 34 days of follow-up, all of the donors (n = 33) were positive for WNV immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgA, and IgG. At 1-year of follow-up, 17% of the donors (n = 23) were positive for WNV IgM, 57% were positive for WNV IgA, and 100% were positive for WNV IgG.
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West Nile Virus among Blood Donors in the United States, 2003 and 2004
Susan L. Stramer, Gregory A. Foster, A.G. Wagner et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 218 citations · Full text