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Neutralizing antibodies against 33 human adenoviruses in normal children in Rome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

E. D'ambrosio ,
N. Del Grosso ,
A. Chicca  and
M. Midulla
E. D'ambrosio
Affiliation:
Centro C.N.R. Virus Respiratori c/o Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Roma. Viale Regina Elena, 324. 00161 Roma, Italy.
N. Del Grosso
Affiliation:
Centro C.N.R. Virus Respiratori c/o Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Roma. Viale Regina Elena, 324. 00161 Roma, Italy.
A. Chicca
Affiliation:
Centro C.N.R. Virus Respiratori c/o Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Roma. Viale Regina Elena, 324. 00161 Roma, Italy.
M. Midulla
Affiliation:
Centro C.N.R. Virus Respiratori c/o Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Roma. Viale Regina Elena, 324. 00161 Roma, Italy.
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There are few data about the distribution of neutralizing antibodies (NA) against adenovirus types in the Italian population, especially the high-numbered ones. We tested the sera from 453 children and 51 young adults to evaluate NA against adenovirus prototypes 1–33. Using the microneutralization test, 338 (74·6%) of the children's sera were positive for at least one adenovirus type. Antibody to type 2 was the most frequently detected followed, in descending order, by antibody to types 5, 1 and 3. All these types are known to be associated with disease but antibody to type 7, a type also associated with disease, was less frequent than that to other serotypes such as 18 and 31, the pathogenicity of which in man is not clearly established. The antibody positivity rate rose with age for the more frequent types while it did not vary for the less frequent ones. The number of sera with NA against more than one adenovirus type increased with age. With regard to types 1–8, we found that their frequencies in Italy were similar to those found in the U.S.A.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 155 - 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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