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Volume 12, Number 6—June 2006
Dispatch
West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
Maritza Pupo*
, Maria Guadalupe Guzmán*, Roberto Fernández*, Alina Llop*, Félix Orlando Dickinson*, Daniel Pérez*, Raúl Cruz†, Tayri González†, Gonzalo Estévez†, Hiram González‡, Paulino Santos§, Gustavo Kourí*, Maya Andonova¶, Robbin Lindsay¶, Harvey Artsob¶, and Michael Drebot¶
, Maria Guadalupe Guzmán*, Roberto Fernández*, Alina Llop*, Félix Orlando Dickinson*, Daniel Pérez*, Raúl Cruz†, Tayri González†, Gonzalo Estévez†, Hiram González‡, Paulino Santos§, Gustavo Kourí*, Maya Andonova¶, Robbin Lindsay¶, Harvey Artsob¶, and Michael Drebot¶
Table 1
Summary of horse sera tested for evidence of WNV infection by ELISA and PRNT*
| Sample no. | % inhibition (ELISA) |
90% PRNT titer |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-WNV | Antiflavivirus | WNV | SLEV | Interpretation | |
| C-7 | 65.3 | 65.2 | 160 | 20 | WNV |
| C-13 | 58.9 | 60.4 | 320 | – | WNV |
| C-19 | 63.2 | 63.3 | 320 | – | WNV |
| C-20 | 74.6 | 62.2 | 640 | – | WNV |
| C-2 | 44.4 | 60.4 | – | 20 | SLEV |
| C-4 | 11.6 | 40.1 | – | 20 | SLEV |
| C-5 | 67.5 | 67.6 | – | 20 | SLEV |
| C-11 | 10.5 | 26.7 | – | 40 | SLEV |
| C-12 | 32.2 | 68.0 | – | 20 | SLEV |
| C-15 | 27.4 | 68.9 | – | 40 | SLEV |
| C-16 | 64.6 | 65.7 | – | 40 | SLEV |
| C-18 | 59.1 | 68.2 | – | 40 | SLEV |
| C-10 | 62.7 | 66.3 | 80 | 40 | Unidentified flavivirus |
| C-1 | 22.3 | 74.4 | – | – | Unidentified flavivirus |
| C-3 | 40.5 | 54.1 | – | – | Unidentified flavivirus |
| C-6 | 28.5 | 74.8 | – | – | Unidentified flavivirus |
| C-9 | 40.9 | 73.6 | – | – | Unidentified flavivirus |
| C-14 | 34.8 | 41.0 | – | – | Unidentified flavivirus |
| C-21 | 9.9 | 68.4 | – | – | Unidentified flavivirus |
*WNV, West Nile virus; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PRNT, plaque reduction neutralization test; SLEV, Saint Louis encephalitis virus.
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