Direct Detection of Epstein-Barr Viral Antigen in Nasopharyngeal Swabs from Patients with Infectious Mononucleosis
β Scribed by Nathan D. Bills; Steven H. Hinrichs; Jeffrey W Morse
- Book ID
- 114767331
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 563 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1069-6563
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IgG and IgA antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) membrane antigen (MA) were detected in sera from 96 NPC patients and normal individuals by the indirect immunofluorescence test. For MA/IgG antibody, 100% of NPC patients were positive with a GMT of 1:439.7 and 97.9% of normal individuals were posit