1. IgM fluorescence antibodies in sera of pregnant women exposed to rubella
- Author
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Kańtoch M, L Switalski, Imbs D, Jankowski M, and Włodzimierz Gut
- Subjects
Human immunoglobulins ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Fluorescent Antibody Technique ,chemical and pharmacologic phenomena ,Rubella virus IgM ,medicine.disease_cause ,Immunofluorescence ,Antibodies, Viral ,Rubella ,Absorption ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Medical microbiology ,Pregnancy ,Virology ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ,Child ,Staphylococcal Protein A ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,nervous system diseases ,Staining ,Immunoglobulin M ,Child, Preschool ,Immunoglobulin G ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Female ,Antibody ,Staphylococcus ,Rubella virus - Abstract
A high per cent of false positive results for rubella virus IgM antibodies determined by immune fluorescence were detected in sera of pregnant women. After absorption with Staphylococcus suspension, Cowan 1 strain, and aggregates of human immunoglobulins, the false positive reactions due to IgM antiimmunoglobulin were eliminated.
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- 1979