Serological studies with reovirus-like enteritis agent
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 13 (6), 1563-1566
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.13.6.1563-1566.1976
Abstract
The age distribution of antibody to the human reovirus-like enteritis agent, and to the antigenically related Nebraska calf diarrhea virus (NCDV) was studied in serum specimens obtained from 592 children hospitalized in Boston [Massachusetts, USA]. Sera were examined for complement-fixation (CF) antibody to the human agent, and for CF and indirect immunofluorescence-staining antibodies to NCDV. The curve of antibody frequency was similar in each of the 3 assays, showing a steep rise in the 6-18 mo. old age groups, indicating the early acquisition of antibody to the reovirus-like enteritis agent. The majority of children and young adults possessed CF- and immunofluorescence-stainable antibodies. There was a significant association between antibody prevalence data obtained with the human CF antigen and with the 2 NCDV antigens; this association was closest between the human and NCDV CF antigens.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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