Seroprevalence of Zika and Dengue Virus Antibodies among Migrant Workers, Taiwan, 2017
| Title: | Seroprevalence of Zika and Dengue Virus Antibodies among Migrant Workers, Taiwan, 2017 |
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| Authors: | Guey Chuen Perng, Tzu-Chuan Ho, Hsin-I Shih, Chia-Hua Lee, Pei-Wen Huang, Chih-Huan Chung, Nai-Ying Ko, Wen-Chien Ko, Yu-Wen Chien |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 4, Pp 814-816 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | Zika virus, dengue virus, dengue, seroprevalence, migrant workers, Southeast Asia, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | A serosurvey of 600 workers newly arrived in Taiwan from 4 Southeast Asia countries showed that 18 (3%) were positive for Zika virus IgM; 6 (1%) fulfilled the World Health Organization criteria for laboratory-confirmed recent Zika virus infection. The incidence of Zika virus infection in Southeast Asia might be underestimated. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/4/18-1449_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2504.181449 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/f597a57cefda4e06b9d6e0ef39a4d145 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f597a57cefda4e06b9d6e0ef39a4d145 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2504.181449 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |