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Influenza Virus Antibodies in ParkinsonismComparison of Postencephalic and Idiopathic Parkinson Patients and Matched Controls
Reijo J. Marttila, MD;
Pekka Halonen, MD;
Urpo K. Rinne, MD
Arch Neurol. 1977;34(2):99-100.
Abstract
• Hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies to four influenza virus strains: A/ Swine/1976/30 (HswN1), A/PR/8/34 (HON1), A/England/1/51 (H1N1), and A/ Singapore/1/57 (H2N2), were studied in blood serum specimens from 20 patients with postencephalitic and 55 patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease and their age- and sex-matched controls. No significant differences were observed in the distribution or the mean titers of antibodies to any of the four strains tested, when the postencephalitic patients and their controls or the idiopathic patients and their controls were compared. The postencephalitic group was also similar to the idiopathic group with regard to the influenza antibodies.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Virology (Drs Marttila and Halonen) and Neurology (Drs Marttila and Rinne), University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 6, 1976.
Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, University of Turku, 20520 Turku 52, Finland (Dr Marttila).
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