A New Serological Technique for Identification of Adenovirus Infections

Abstract
Titers of antibodies against a group-specific antigenic component of vertex capsomers of human adenoviruses have been determined in sera from healthy and adenovirus-infected individuals. For this purpose a hemagglutination-enhancement (HE) test based on the capacity of antibodies to convert penton incomplete hemagglutinins of types 3 and 11 into hemagglutinating aggregates, was employed.