RESUMEN
Paired serum samples from approximately 650 Dutch recruits residing temporarily in Surinam, the first sample being collected on arrival, the second when leaving the country, were examined for haemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies to two types of arbovirus (Mucambo and Restan) isolated from local mosquitoes, and to two types of arbovirus (Oriboca and Caraparu) isolated from human blood. In a group of inidviduals in whom mild febrile illness had been reported, antibodies had developed in 3.9 to 6.7%, and in a group without reported history of febrile illness in 3.0 to 47% for each of the viruses.
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Infecciones por Arbovirus/epidemiología , Animales , Anticuerpos Antivirales/análisis , Arbovirus/inmunología , Arbovirus/aislamiento & purificación , Cricetinae , Culicidae/microbiología , Humanos , Masculino , Ratones , Países Bajos/etnología , SurinameRESUMEN
In the capital of Surinam, and in parts of the coastal plain and the savannah belt 47 strains of arbovirus were isolated from mosquito pools and from sentinel mice. Most of the strains (51%) were of the Mucambo type. The other types were Guama, Bimiti, Una, Catu, Restan, Maru, and Kwatta. Culex portesi was found to be the principal vector of all but one (Maru) types. Other vectors found to be carriers of arboviruses were Psorophora ferox, Mansonia venezuelensis, and Aëdes serratus. The highest proportion of mosquito pools yielding arboviruses was found in the savannah belt, the lowest in the municipality of Paramaribo.