Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6121629 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Most of the potential problems of TBE serodiagnosis can be resolved by the quantification of IgM antibodies in a single serum sample taken upon hospitalization. High IgM values (>500Â AU in our assay) are indicative of a recent infection. Lower IgM values, however, may require the analysis of a follow-up sample and/or a specific neutralization assay to exclude the possibilities of IgM persistence, vaccine-induced IgM antibodies or heterologous flavivirus infections.
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Authors
K. Stiasny, J.H. Aberle, V. Chmelik, U. Karrer, H. Holzmann, F.X. Heinz,