Seroprevalence of three emerging arboviral infections in Kuwaiti nationals.

摘要: Diseases caused by dengue, sandfly fever and hanta viruses pose a major health risk in many countries. We determined the threat of these arboviral infections through serologic using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based tests. Hantavirus-specific antibodies were also detected immunofluorescence. Of 499 samples tested for dengue virus IgG l4% as positive all ELISA Among 42 showing strong reactivity, only 1 was IgM antibodies. All to negative. Hantavirus 11% 46 from high-risk individuals. The low prevalences suggest that at present are not serious problem Kuwait.