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Re: Lack of Serologic Evidence for Prevalent Simian Virus 40 Infection in Humans
Affiliations of authors: Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine and Center of Biotechnology (GBB, AC), Center of Biotechnology and Department of Morphology and Embryology (FM, MT), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences(RSA), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Correspondence to: Mauro Tognon, PhD, Department of Morphology and Embryology, Chair of Applied Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 64/B, 44100 Ferrara, Italy (e-mail: tgm@unife.it)
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We read with interest the recent article by Carter et al. (1), in which human sera were screened for antibodies to simian virus 40 (SV40). Sera were screened for SV40 antibodies by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using SV40 VP1 virus-like particles (VLPs) as antigens. Although the fraction of SV40-positive human sera (6.6%) in the Carter et al. study (1) is in agreement with the
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