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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 33(1), 1984, pp. 190-191
Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Serological Evidence of Human Infection with the Paramyxovirus Yucaipa in Senegal, West Africa*

H. J. A. Fleury, J. F. Bonnici, M. Babin, P. du Pasquier AND A. Samb
Laboratoire de Virologie, Université de Bordeaux II, 33076 Bordeaux, France, and Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

Sera from 353 people resident in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, were tested for hemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies against the avian paramyxovirus Yucaipa. Antibodies were demonstrated in five sera (1.4%), providing new evidence that this virus may infect humans.

Accepted for publication June 8, 1983.


* This work was supported by a grant from the C.N.R.S. (AI 33867 to HF).

Address reprint requests to: H. J. A. Fleury, Laboratoire de Virologie, Université de Bordeaux II, 33076 Bordeaux, France.






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