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Article: Serologic evidence of human and swine influenza in Mayan persons.(Dispatches)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Antibodies against influenza viruses were detected in 115 serum samples from indigenous Mayan persons from Kochol, Yucatan. Seropositivity rates were 26.9% to A/Bayern/7/95, 40.8% to A/Sydney/5/97, 1.7% to A/Swine/ Wisconsin/238/97, and 79.1% to A/Swine/Minnesota/ 593/99. This report is the first in Mexico of the prevalence of antibodies to swine influenza virus in humans.
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