CLINICAL AND SEROLOGIC RESPONSES OF VOLUNTEERS INFECTED WITH PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER VIRUS (SICILIAN TYPE)
CLINICAL AND SEROLOGIC RESPONSES OF VOLUNTEERS INFECTED WITH PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER VIRUS (SICILIAN TYPE)
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1976.25.456
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
TESH, RB
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作者:
BARTELLONI, PJ;TESH, RB
Volunteers (20) were inoculated with various doses of human serum containing Phlebotomus fever virus (Sicilian type) to determine their clinical and serologic responses and the human median infectious dose of the virus. All infected subjects developed fever which varied from 6-74 h. The most common symptoms during sandfly fever were headache, anorexia, myalgia, photophobia, low back and retro-orbital pain. Infected individuals developed a marked leukopenia characterized by an initial lymphopenia followed by protracted neutropenia. Little complement fixing antibody was detected in convalescent sera but most subjects developed significant rises in hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies. All infected subjects developed specific neutralizing antibodies with titers ranging from 1:40-1:2560. Of the 3 serologic tests performed, the plaque reduction neutralization method appeared the most sensitive for detecting antibodies to Phlebotomus fever viruses.