Seroprevalence of dengue virus antibodies in healthy Jamaicans.

@article{Brown2009SeroprevalenceOD,
  title={Seroprevalence of dengue virus antibodies in healthy Jamaicans.},
  author={Michelle G. Brown and Ivan E Vickers and Rose Alba Salas and Monica Fisher Smikle},
  journal={Human antibodies},
  year={2009},
  volume={18 4},
  pages={
          123-6
        }
}
Dengue fever, a mosquito borne viral infection, is endemic to Jamaica. The seroprevalence of dengue IgG and IgM antibodies were determined in 277 healthy Jamaicans by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The seroprevalence of dengue IgG antibodies was 100% (277/277) while dengue IgM antibodies were found in 3.6% (10/277). A statistically significant association was found between the presence of dengue IgM antibodies and gender (males 10/105, 9.5% vs females 0/172, 0.0%); chi(2) = 17.0, p… 
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