Ross C A, McDaid R
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Specific IgM varicella-zoster antibody was detected in "convalescent" sera from 20 out of 40 patients (50%) with herpes zoster infections. Since these were not primary infections with varicella-zoster virus, it seems that detection of IgM antibody specific for a particular virus may not differentiate a primary infection from secondary infections with that virus.
在40例带状疱疹感染患者中,有20例(50%)的“恢复期”血清检测到特异性IgM水痘-带状疱疹抗体。由于这些并非水痘-带状疱疹病毒的原发性感染,所以看来检测针对特定病毒的IgM抗体可能无法区分该病毒的原发性感染和继发性感染。