"Evaluation of a Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) IgA Capture Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 14th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, held April 26-29, 1998, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, "The utility of detecting IgA antibodies against an HCMV in active infection has not been demonstrated with current enzyme immunoassays (EIA). We evaluated a HCMV IgA capture EIA using i) diagnostic samples with previously determined antibodies, ii) serum and saliva samples from infants with isolation-confirmed congenital disease, iii) serum and saliva samples from normal children and adults, and iv) serum samples from immunosuppressed patients. EIA plates coated with...

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