Myxovirus antibody increases in human connective tissue disease.
Antibodies to measles and parainfluenza type 1 viruses were significantly increased in systemic lupus erythematosus and Reiter's syndrome. Of the individuals with highest titers of measles antibody, 75 percent had neurologic illness. Persistent virus infection may be a factor in the pathogenesis of these diseases.
D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000276:immunology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000276:immunology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D002549:Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / Q000276:immunology; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D008457:Measles / Q000276:immunology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology*; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000276:immunology*
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