Specific IgM Antibody in Serum of Patients with Herpes Zoster Infections
- 2 December 1972
- Vol. 4 (5839), 522-523
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5839.522
Abstract
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.Keywords
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