Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus has a human mortality rate of 30% of those cases diagnosed, while 30% of those surviving infection remain with neurological sequelae for life (CDC.gov, 2007). The use of sentinel chickens for surveillance of arboviruses that are known to use birds as a reservoir host, such as St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE), West Nile (WN) virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and Highlands J (HJ) virus, in Florida began with the Sentinel Chicken Arboviral Surveillance Network in 1978 (Day and Stark, 1996). This network enables the activation of an early warning system for citizens, as well as, county epidemiologists and those in mosquito control, allowing for a coordinated effort of disease prevention. Methods currently used at the Florida Department of Health, Tampa Branch Laboratory include screening of submitted sera for antibodies to these arboviruses of epidemiologic importance by way of the hemagglutination inhibition test (HAI), and confirmation by the IgM antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-ELISA) and Plaque Reduction Neutralization test if the MAC-ELISA proves to be negative. While these tests combined are providing the results needed, the time to result can be a week or greater depending on the initial screening result in the HAI tests. The Microsphere Assay Technology provides an accurate, more rapid (a day or two instead of a week or more) detection method including both a screening and confirmation protocol specifically designed to test for antibody to EEE in sentinel chicken sera. Two sera out of the thousands tested that were tested by HAI shown to be negative in standard testing, resulted as positive by the MIA method and therefore indicated a missed positive. The sensitivity and specificity, positive and negative predictive values of this new protocol as compared with MAC-ELISA as a reference standard indicated that both tests were remarkably similar; Providing sensitivity near 80%, specificity and PPV at 99%, and negative predictive values at 90% for MAC-ELISA and 94% for the MIA. Finally it was determined that Highlands J virus will not have any impact on the testing protocol and results of this test.

Neste trabalho foi feito uma investigação sorológica em moradores na região amazônica e moradores rurais do sudeste brasileiro, através do teste de inibição da hemaglutinação (HI) para a cepa vacinal da Febre Amarela mais 17 sorotipos diferentes de arbovírus, sendo quatro do gênero Alphavirus (ALP), nove do gênero Flavivirus (FLA) e cinco do gênero Orthobunyavirus (ORT), para verificar qual desses vírus estão circulando nessas regiões. Os resultados do HI foram divididos em quatro áreas: na cidade Machadinho dOeste (Rondônia) (N=285) tivemos para ALP=50 (17,54%), FLA=270 (94,74%), ORT=58 (20,35%) e negativos (NEG)=12 (4,20%). Nas pessoas que moram ao longo do Rio Machado (Rondônia) (N=343) tivemos ALP=99 (28,86%), FLA=229 (66,76%), ORT=41 (11,95%) e NEG=93 (27,10%). Na cidade Teodoro Sampaio (São Paulo) (N=78) tivemos FLA=55 (70,51%) e NEG=23 (29,5%). Na cidade Jacupiranga (São Paulo) (N=149) tivemos ALP=7 (4,7%), FLA=50 (33,56%), ORT=20 (13,42%) e NEG=84 (56,4%). Concluímos que os resultados obtidos sugerem a circulação desses vírus nas regiões estudadas. / In this work we performed a serological investigation in residents of Amazon region and country people who lives in Southeastern of Brazil, by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) for Yellow fever vaccine and 17 different serotype of arboviruses: four from the genus Alphavirus (ALP), nine from the genus Flavivirus (FLA), and five from the genus Orthobunyavirus (ORT), to try to ascertain which of these arboviruses are circulating in these areas. The results of HI were divided into four areas: In Machadinho dOeste city (Rondônia) (N=285) we had to ALP=50 (17,54%), FLA=270 (94,74%), ORT=58 (20,35%) and negatives (NEG)=12 (4,20%). In people who live along the Machado River (Rondônia) (N=343) we had to ALP=99 (28,86%), FLA=229 (66,76%), ORT=41 (11,95%) and NEG=93 (27,10%). In Teodoro Sampaio City (São Paulo) (N=78) we had to FLA=55 (70,51%) and NEG=23 (29,5%). In Jacupiranga City (São Paulo) (N=149) we had to ALP=7 (4,70%), FLA=50 (33,56%), ORT=20 (13,42%) and NEG=84 (56,4%). In conclusion, the obtained data suggest the circulation of these viruses in these regions.

Neste trabalho foi feito uma investigação sorológica em moradores na região amazônica e moradores rurais do sudeste brasileiro, através do teste de inibição da hemaglutinação (HI) para a cepa vacinal da Febre Amarela mais 17 sorotipos diferentes de arbovírus, sendo quatro do gênero Alphavirus (ALP), nove do gênero Flavivirus (FLA) e cinco do gênero Orthobunyavirus (ORT), para verificar qual desses vírus estão circulando nessas regiões. Os resultados do HI foram divididos em quatro áreas: na cidade Machadinho dOeste (Rondônia) (N=285) tivemos para ALP=50 (17,54%), FLA=270 (94,74%), ORT=58 (20,35%) e negativos (NEG)=12 (4,20%). Nas pessoas que moram ao longo do Rio Machado (Rondônia) (N=343) tivemos ALP=99 (28,86%), FLA=229 (66,76%), ORT=41 (11,95%) e NEG=93 (27,10%). Na cidade Teodoro Sampaio (São Paulo) (N=78) tivemos FLA=55 (70,51%) e NEG=23 (29,5%). Na cidade Jacupiranga (São Paulo) (N=149) tivemos ALP=7 (4,7%), FLA=50 (33,56%), ORT=20 (13,42%) e NEG=84 (56,4%). Concluímos que os resultados obtidos sugerem a circulação desses vírus nas regiões estudadas. / In this work we performed a serological investigation in residents of Amazon region and country people who lives in Southeastern of Brazil, by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) for Yellow fever vaccine and 17 different serotype of arboviruses: four from the genus Alphavirus (ALP), nine from the genus Flavivirus (FLA), and five from the genus Orthobunyavirus (ORT), to try to ascertain which of these arboviruses are circulating in these areas. The results of HI were divided into four areas: In Machadinho dOeste city (Rondônia) (N=285) we had to ALP=50 (17,54%), FLA=270 (94,74%), ORT=58 (20,35%) and negatives (NEG)=12 (4,20%). In people who live along the Machado River (Rondônia) (N=343) we had to ALP=99 (28,86%), FLA=229 (66,76%), ORT=41 (11,95%) and NEG=93 (27,10%). In Teodoro Sampaio City (São Paulo) (N=78) we had to FLA=55 (70,51%) and NEG=23 (29,5%). In Jacupiranga City (São Paulo) (N=149) we had to ALP=7 (4,70%), FLA=50 (33,56%), ORT=20 (13,42%) and NEG=84 (56,4%). In conclusion, the obtained data suggest the circulation of these viruses in these regions.