| Literature DB >> 6863912 |
P Morgan-Capner, R S Tedder, J E Mace.
Abstract
Eight sera from 125 cases of infectious mononucleosis (IM) were reactive for rubella-specific IgM in an M-antibody capture radioimmunoassay. The reactivity of individual sera varied depending upon the source of the rubella antigen used in the assay. One serum gave strongly positive results with some rubella haemagglutinating antigens but negative results with others and may have contained an IgM antibody which was capable of distinguishing between strains of rubella virus. If the diagnosis of rubella is based solely on detection in solid-phase immunoassay of rubella-specific IgM, IM should be excluded.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6863912 PMCID: PMC2134268 DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400029041
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hyg (Lond) ISSN: 0022-1724