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Acta Virologica Vol.51, p.283-287, 2007

Title: MURINE GAMMAHERPESVIRUS 68 SERUM ANTIBODIES IN GENERAL HUMAN POPULATION
Author: M. HRICOVA, J. MISTRIKOVA

Abstract: Previous studies using ELISA and virus neutralization test (VNT) have proved the presence of Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) serum antibodies in sera of laboratory staff working with MHV-68, as well as in the general population. In this study, we investigated the incidence of serum antibodies to MHV-68 and to human herpesviruses presumably antigenically similar to MHV-68, as Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), in general population using ELISA, VNT, and immunofluorescence assay (IFA). We also searched for the possible detection of false-positive reaction of MHV-68 antibodies due to cross-reactions between MHV-68 and the antibodies to the herpesviruses mentioned above. We found 16% of positive sera for MHV-68 antibodies by ELISA (titers of 1,600–102,400) and 4.5% by VNT and IFA (titers of 8–32). Tested human sera, either positive or negative for MHV-68 antibodies, were positive for antibodies to HSV-1, HCMV, and EBV (71/69%, 69/65%, and 66/49%, respectively). We concluded that the false-positivity of the sera for MHV-68 antibodies detected by ELISA was due to the nonspecific cross-reactions with antibodies to antigenically similar EBV.

Keywords: Murine gammaherpesvirus 68; virus neutralization test; ELISA; immunofluorescence test; Herpes simplex virus 1; Human cytomegalovirus; Epstein-Barr virus
Year: 2007, Volume: 51, Issue: Page From: 283, Page To: 287

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