title: [Varicella-zoster virus infection and the serologic determination of first-infection immunity].
abstract: The infection rate of varicella-zoster virus was determined by three tests--complement fixation reaction, enzyme-immune test and indirect immunofluorescence. The results of the three tests largely agreed with one another in demonstrating that infection starts relatively late in young children, but reaches 60%-70% at the end of the first decade of life, 90% at the end of the second decade. Results of both the enzyme immune and the indirect immunofluorescence tests indicated persistence of first-infection immunity until the older age groups. The complement fixation reaction deviated in its results, especially for the oldest age groups.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Schneweis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krentler
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000276:immunology* / Q000635:transmission; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Durchseuchung mit dem Varicella-Zoster-Virus und serologische Feststellung der Erstinfektionsimmunität.