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. 2018 Jul;24(7):1292–1299. doi: 10.3201/eid2407.172128

Table 2. Seroprevalence of IgG against protoparvoviruses in different population cohorts*.

Cohort No. persons Any bufavirus IgG† IgG against bufavirus genotypes
Tusavirus IgG Cutavirus IgG‡
1 2‡ 3
Finland, healthy adults (veterinarians) 324 6 (1.9) 4 (1.2) 1 (0.3)§ 1 (0.3) 0 16 (4.9)§
United States, healthy adults 84 3 (3.6) 0 0 3 (3.6) 0 0
Iraq, healthy adults 99 84 (84.8) 80 (80.8) 33 (33.3)¶ 15 (15.2) 0 1 (1.0)¶
Iran, healthy adults 107 60 (56.1) 55 (51.4) 17 (17.9) 6 (5.6) 0 6 (5.6)
Kenya, febrile children <18 y of age 107 22 (20.6) 3 (2.8) 4 (3.7) 20 (18.7) 0 2 (1.9)
Kenya, febrile adults 119 86 (72.3) 31 (26.1) 43 (36.1)# 56 (47.1) 0 5 (4.2)#

*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise noted..
†Includes persons that were IgG+ against >1 bufavirus genotypes.
‡Unclear bufavirus 2 and cutavirus blocking results were observed for 1§ (0.3%), 2¶ (2.0%), and 3# (2.5%) persons. These values are not included in overall seroprevalence calculations.