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A survey of coxsackie A16 virus antibodies in human sera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

G. E. D. Urquhart
G. E. D. Urquhart
Affiliation:
Regional Virus Laboratory, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow G20 9NB
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A comparison of neutralizing and immunofluorescent (IF) IgG antibody tests in 18 sera from 10 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) showed a variety of responses but all sera taken more than one week after infection had both neutralizing and IF IgG antibodies.

A survey of IF IgG antibody in 80 paediatric and 80 adult non-HFMD case sera gave antibody detection rates of 47·5% and 11·3% respectively. This difference could be attributed to a decline in IF IgG antibody with time after infection. Three point nine per cent of 2G sera from possible adult carditis cases had IF antibody suggesting that coxsackie A16 virus was not a common cause of adult carditis. Forty-eight point three per cent of 29 sera from cases of spontaneous abortion had detectable IF antibody, a rate similar to the paediatric sera and significantly greater than that in adult male (7·9%) and other adult female (13%) sera tested. This interesting observation requires further study.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 205 - 212
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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