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Studies of an outbreak of acute hepatitis A: II. Antibody changes to cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus
Author(s) -
Baer G. M.,
Yager P. A.,
Hierholzer J. C.,
Walker J. A.,
Almeida J. D.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890010103
Subject(s) - cytomegalovirus , virology , antibody , medicine , antigen , outbreak , acute hepatitis , immunology , herpesviridae , hepatitis , viral hepatitis , virus , hepatitis a , biology , viral disease
The acute and convalescent sera from 14 schoolchildren with acute hepatitis A were tested for antibody changes to 70 viral antigens. Marked decreases were noted in the levels of antibody to cytomegalovirus in 5 of the 14 children and in the levels of antibody to herpesvirus type 1 in 3. No such changes were noted in 9 sex‐ and age‐matched healthy control children from the same classes.