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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Research

Role of Maternal Antibodies in Infants with Severe Diseases Related to Human Parechovirus Type 31

Yuta Aizawa, Kanako Watanabe, Tomohiro Oishi, Harunobu Hirano, Isao Hasegawa, and Akihiko SaitohComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan (Y. Aizawa, T. Oishi, A. Saitoh); Niigata University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata (K. Watanabe); Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hospital, Niigata (H. Hirano, I. Hasegawa); University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA (A. Saitoh)

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Table 3

Summary of rates of HPeV type 3 seropositivity and neutralization assay methods used in previous studies and in study in Niigata, Japan*

Study location Seropositivity rate, % (no. samples) Maternal age range, y Cutoff Cells used for viral culture Virus strain
Aichi, Japan (8) 74 (92) 15–39 1:8 Vero A308/1999
Finland (15) 13 (72) 21–40 1:16 Vero FI0688
Netherlands (15) 10 (77) 16–60 1:16 Vero FI0688
This study 61 (175)† 16–44 1:32 LLC-MK2 A308/1999

*HPeV, human parechovirus.
†Maternal antibody seropositivity rate.

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1Presented in part at IDWeek, October 8–12, 2014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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