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. 1973;49(3):235–244.

The 1970 yellow fever epidemic in Okwoga District, Benue Plateau State, Nigeria

3. Serological responses in persons with and without pre-existing heterologous Group B immunity*

T P Monath, D C Wilson, J Casals
PMCID: PMC2481145  PMID: 4546521

Abstract

Serological studies of persons infected with yellow fever (YF) during the 1970 epidemic in Okwoga District, Nigeria, indicated that epidemic YF occurred despite a high prevalence of pre-existing group B arbovirus immunity, which increased with age. The viruses involved were primarily dengue, Zika, and Wesselsbron. Patterns of responses of haemagglutination-inhibiting, complement-fixing, and neutralizing antibodies in primary YF and in superinfections are defined in this paper.

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