Virus-specific IgM Antibodies in Acute Gastroenteritis due to a Reovirus-Like Agent (Rotavirus)
- 30 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (4), 237-240
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1976.8.issue-4.03
Abstract
62 serum samples from 24 patients with rotavirus gastroenteritis were tested for IgM antibodies against a bovine rotavirus by an indirect fluorescent antibody technique. IgM antibodies were detected in one or more of the serum samples from all but one of the patients. IgM antibodies were not detected in samples obtained from 11 of the patients after the 5th week of illness. Absorption of sera for IgG with Staphylococcus aureus increased the sensitivity of the IgM antibody test. It is concluded that the presence of IgM antibodies against bovine rotavirus in a patient's serum, as measured by the present technique, does suggest a recent rotavirus infection. On the other hand, the lack of IgM antibodies in the serum of a child with acute gastroenteritis between the second and the 5th week of illness tends to exclude rotavirus as a cause of the disease.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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