Persistence of Virus-Reactive Serum Immunoglobulin M Antibody in Confirmed West Nile Virus Encephalitis Cases

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Roehrig, John T. ; Nash, Denis ; Maldin, Beth ; Labowitz, Anne ; Martin, Denise A. ; Lanciotti, Robert S. ; Campbell, Grant L.
• Description:
  Twenty-nine laboratory-confirmed West Nile virus (WNV encephalitis patients were bled serially so that WNV-reactive immunoglobulin (Ig) M activity could be determined. Of those patients bled, 7 (60%) of 12 had anti-WNV IgM at approximately 500 days after onset. Clinicians should be cautious when interpreting serologic results from early season WNV IgM-positive patients.
• Subjects:
  Aged Antibodies, Viral Dispatch Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Humans IgM Immunoglobulin M MAC-ELISA Male Middle Aged Serology West Nile Fever West Nile Virus

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(3):376-379
• Pubmed ID:
  12643836
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2958550
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0022f4637c989f0e3ab3e9e4806cf063adeaf55e1da1999e19e1dca648e208e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3133/cdc_3133_DS1.pdf
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