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. 2018 Mar 6;9(2):e00095-18. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00095-18

TABLE 2 .

Sources of sera and methods used to define immunoreactivity, sensitivity, and specificity with Center for Infection and Immunity arboviral peptide array and ZIKV-NS2B-concat ELISAd

Virus name and serotype Phase (time point of sample collection after onset of illness)e Immune status No. of samples from source:
No. of samples positive for ZIKV NS2B peptide/total no. (%) by assay:
Reference assays used
Nicaragua Thailand Erasmus MC WC/PHL Banked sera, CII CII-arboviral peptide array ZIKV-NS2B-concat ELISA
ZIKV Acute DENV immune 9 5/9 (55) 5/9 (55) CDC Trioplex assay, ZCD triplex assay, CDC ZIKV monoplex assay, DENV-CHIKV multiplex assay, BOB-ELISAg
DENV naive 21 9/21 (43) 7/21 (33)
Total 30 14/30 (47)f 12/30 (40)
Early convalescence DENV immune 25 24/25 (96) 24/25 (96)
DENV naive 65 64/65 (98) 62/65 (96)
Total 90 88/90 (98) 86/90 (96)
Late convalescence DENV immune 8 6/8 (75) 5/8 (62)
DENV naive 10 6/10 (60) 5/10 (50)
Total 18 12/18 (67) 10/18 (55)
Total ZIKV 114/138 (82) 108/138 (78)
DENVa CII-ArboViroPlex qPCR NAT assay, RVPs, DENV PRNTh
    NA Acute NA 12 0/12 1/12 (8)
    NA Early convalescence Primary 18 1/18 (5) 1/18 (5)
Secondary 11 1/11 (9) 1/11 (9)
Total 29 2/29 (7) 2/29 (7)
    DENV1 Late convalescence Primary 18 3 0/21 1/21 (5)
Secondary
Total 21 0/21 1/21 (5)
    DENV2 Late convalescence Primary 17 3 1/20 (5) 2/20 (10)
Secondary 6 0/6 1/6 (17)
Total 26 1/26 (4) 3/26 (12)
    DENV3 Late convalescence Primary 9 3 0/12 0/12
Secondary 9 0/9 1/9 (11)
Total 21 0/21 1/21 (5)
    DENV4 Late convalescence Primary 4 3 0/7 0/7
Secondary
Total 7 0/7 0/7
    NA Late convalescence Primary 8 1/8 (12.5) 1/8 (12.5)
Secondary
Total 8 1/8 (12.5) 1/8 (12.5)
Total DENV 4/124 (2) 9/124 (7)
CHIKVb Acute Natural infection 6 6 1/12 (8) 1/12 (8) CDC Trioplex assay, method in reference 34, Euroimmun Arbo mosaic CHIKV IFAi
Convalescence Natural infection 6 6 0/12 0/12
Total CHIKV 1/24 (4) 1/24 (4)
WNVc Convalescence Natural infection 5 0/5 0/5 Euroimmun anti-WNV ELISA (IgG/IgM)
YFVc NA Vaccinated 10 1/10 (10) 1/10 (10) Euroimmun flavivirus mosaic IFA
TBEVc NA Vaccinated 3 0/3 0/3 Serion ELISA classic TBEV IgG and IgM tests
JEVc Convalescence Natural infection 1 0/1 0/1 Euroimmun flavivirus mosaic IFA
NA Vaccinated 3 1/3 (33) 1/3 (33)
Total JEV 1/4 (25) 1/4 (25)
Controlc NA Negative for above viruses 21 1/21 (5) 1/21 (5) CII-Arbo ViroPlex qPCR NAT assay
a

DENV late-convalescent-phase (DENV-immune and ZIKV-naive) samples were collected before declaration of the ZIKV outbreak in Nicaragua. DENV acute-phase samples were collected from returning travelers during the 2016 ZIKV outbreak in Puerto Rico. DENV early-convalescent-phase samples were collected in 2016 during the ZIKV outbreak in Nicaragua.

b

CHIKV samples from Nicaragua were collected in 2014 to 2015 just before the ZIKV outbreak. CHIKV samples from WC/PHL were collected in 2016 from returning travelers during the ZIKV outbreak in Puerto Rico. CHIKV samples from Erasmus Medical Centre were collected in 2014 before declaration of the ZIKV outbreak in the Americas.

c

Other control group samples were collected before recognition of the ZIKV outbreak in the Americas.

d

Abbreviations: NA, no information available; CII, Center for Infection and Immunity; MC, Medical Centre; qPCR, quantitative PCR; NAT, nucleic acid test.

e

Acute phase, 1 to 6 days; early convalescent phase, ~14 to 21 days; late convalescent phase, ~6 months.

f

Total values by virus are highlighted in bold.

g

ZIKV cases were confirmed by real-time RT-PCR of serum, using the CDC Trioplex assay, the ZCD triplex assay (36), or in some cases the CDC ZIKV monoplex assay (37) in parallel with a DENV-CHIKV multiplex assay (38). Anti-ZIKV antibodies were detected by BOB-ELISA (23).

h

DENV acute-phase samples were tested by CII-ArboViroPlex qPCR NAT assay (Center for Infection and Immunity, 2017). In Nicaraguan samples, anti-DENV antibodies at the time of collection were detected by reporter virus particle neutralization assay (RVPs) (35). DENV convalescent-phase sera from Thailand were tested for positivity with DENV PRNT (40).

i

CHIKV acute-phase samples were tested by CDC Trioplex assay. Anti-CHIKV antibodies were detected by the method described in reference 34 or Euroimmun Arbo mosaic CHIKV IFA.