Neutralizing antibody assay for human Herpesvirus-6

Autor: Takehiko Yazaki, Yoshizo Asano, Takao Ozaki, Sadao Suga, Tetsushi Yoshikawa
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Journal of Medical Virology. 30:14-19
ISSN: 1096-9071
0146-6615
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890300104
Popis: Antibody to human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) was measured in cord blood mononuclear cell cultures by a neutralization (NT) test, in which the presence or absence of characteristic large cell formation in cells infected with HHV-6 was used as an indicator for neutralization of the virus. The NT test could measure antibodies during and just after the appearance of the skin rash in patients with exanthem subitum. The levels of antibodies measured by the NT test was generally higher than that by an indirect immunofluorescence assay.
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