Table. Pathogens for which laboratory tests were performed, yellow fever case, the Netherlands, March 2017.
Pathogen | Blood (day 3 post onset of symptoms) |
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Plasmodium spp. | Thick smear negative, antigen test negative |
Hepatitis A virus | IgM and IgG negative |
Hepatitis B virus | Serological screening negative |
Hepatitis C virus | Serological screening negative |
Hepatitis E virus | PCR negative |
Epstein Barr virus | IgM and IgG negative |
Cytomegalovirus | IgM and IgG negative |
Herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 | PCR negative |
Dengue virus | PCR negative, IgM and IgG negative |
Chikungunya virus | PCR negative, IgM and IgG negative |
Zika virus | PCR negative, IgM and IgG negativea |
Leptospira spp. | PCR negative, microscopic agglutination test negative, IgM 1:80b |
a Performed on day 5 post onset of symptoms (dps 5).
b ELISA (in-house ELISA Dutch Leptospirosis Reference Center) performed on dps 6 showed IgM 1:80 (cut-off positive IgM ≥1:160). IgM results were negative on dps 3 and dps 7 using Leptocheck-WB (Zephyr Biomedicals, Goa, India).