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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Serum samples from 32 varicella-zoster (VZ)-infected patients were examined for circulating immune complexes (IC) within 1 1/2 week after début of the skin rash as well as during the following 5 weeks. Three test systems were used: a complement consumption (CC) assay, a C1q solid phase (CU1-SP) assay and a polyclonal rheumatoid factor-binding (pRF-I) assay. The CC and pRF-I assays were the most effective in detecting large IgG aggregates of IC, while aggregates of intermediate and small size were more easily demonstrated in the C1q-SP assay. IC were demonstrated in at least 2 assays simultaneously in 16 patients. Four of these patients were IC-positive in both observation periods, while 11 converted to IC-positive in the second observation interval. In 3 patients circulating IC were demonstrable as late as 8--10 weeks after the appearance of the skin rash. Maximal levels of complement-fixing antibodies to VZ antigens were observed 2 to 5 weeks after the appearance of the rash.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Circulating immune complexes and complement-fixing antibodies in patients with varicella-zoster infection. Relationship to début of the disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article