TABLE 1.
BDV seroprevalence among human patients by ECLIA with recombinant p40 and p24 proteins
| Patient diagnosis | Mean age + SD | % Males/% females | No. of positive sera/total no. (%)a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia | 49.3 + 12.3 | 49/51 | 26/845 (3.08) |
| Mood disorders | 55.6 + 14.0 | 39/61 | 9/251 (3.59) |
| Alcohol addiction | 51.3 + 6.7 | 88/12 | 1/42 (2.38) |
| Mental retardation | 38.6 + 13.4 | 60/40 | 0/25 (0) |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 82.9 + 8.2 | 36/64 | 1/89 (1.12) |
| Vascular dementia | 78.5 + 8.5 | 49/51 | 0/46 (0) |
| Other psychiatric diseases | 57.0 + 17.2 | 48/52 | 0/164 (0) |
| Subtotal | 2/366 (0.55) | ||
| Neurological diseases | 37.2 + 16.1 | 64/36 | 0/114 (0) |
| Multiple sclerosis | 0/67 (0) | ||
| Encephalitis | 0/33 (0) | ||
| Degenerative diseases | 0/14 (0) | ||
| Epilepsy | 43.9 + 13.7 | 56/44 | 3/214 (1.40) |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome | 32.0 + 9.8 | 60/40 | 0/75 (0) |
| HIV infection (including AIDS) | 31.9 + 13.4 | 97/2 | 1/85 (1.18) |
| Autoimmune diseases | 47.2 + 17.3 | 4/96 | 0/50 (0) |
| Leprosy | 67.2 + 10.4 | 53/47 | 0/17 (0) |
| Multitransfused patients | 50.6 + 18.6 | 52/48 | 3/66 (4.55) |
| Ocular diseases | 50.1 + 19.1 | 42/58 | 19/1,393 (1.36) |
| Blood donors | 35.1 + 13.1 | 69/31 | 10/917 (1.09) |
a
Statistical analysis data are as follows: schizophrenia versus other psychiatric diseases (χ2 = 6.16; P, >0.01 and <0.025), schizophrenia versus blood donors (χ2 = 8.67; P < 0.005), schizophrenia versus ocular diseases (χ2 = 7.82; P, >0.01 and <0.01), mood disorders versus other psychiatric diseases (χ2 = 6.21; P, >0.025 and <0.01), mood disorders versus donors (χ2 = 7.67; P, >0.01 and <0.005), mood disorders versus ocular diseases (χ2 = 6.27; P, >0.025 and <0.01), and multitransfused patients versus donors (χ2 = 3.30; P, not significant).