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

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

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 in...

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Main Authors: John T. Roehrig, Denis Nash, Beth Maldin, Anne Labowitz, Denise A. Martin, Robert S. Lanciotti, Grant L. Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
IgM
West Nile virus
serology
MAC-ELISA
dispatch
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/3/02-0531_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/3/02-0531_article

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