Seroprevalence of West Nile and dengue virus in the human population of the Bolivian Chaco.
Alessandro BartoloniMaria Elena RemoliFrancesca FarchiLorenzo ZammarchiClaudia FortunaEleonora BenedettiMaria Grazia CiufoliniFabio MacchioniPatricia RojasYunni LaraClaudia PadillaMimmo RoselliElisabetta MantengoliAntonia MantellaFrancesco TolariGrover Alberto ParedesJoaquín MonasterioCatia ValdarchiGiulietta VenturiGiovanni RezzaPublished in: Journal of medical virology (2018)
To determine the seroprevalence of antibodies against dengue virus (DENV) and West Nile virus (WNV) in the human population of the Bolivian Chaco, we tested 256 inhabitants of two rural communities. The seroprevalence, confirmed by plaque reduction neutralization test, was 7.8% and 2.7% for DENV and WNV, respectively.