Use of purified cytomegalovirus as antigen in the complememt fixation test.
Crude cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen and purified CMV antigen were used in tests for complement-fixating (CF) antibodies in sera from 7 patients with CMV infection. CF antibodies to purified CMV appeared later than the other CF antibodies tested and parallel to neutralizing antibodies.
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral