title: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibody to human herpesvirus 6.
abstract: The results obtained with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) immunoglobulin G using a single 1:100 dilution of serum correlated well with those found by an indirect fluorescence microscopic assay (IFA) (r = 0.71). Concordant results were found in all 7 paired serum samples obtained from patients with acute primary infections and in 37 of 41 (90.24%) single serum samples. Fourteen serum samples (25%) which yielded nonspecific results by IFA were evaluable by ELISA. In a serologic survey using the ELISA, a disproportionate number of 12-month-old infants had low difference-of-optical-density values, suggesting that maternal antibody might persist beyond a year of age. This finding and the rises in antibody to HHV-6 found in patients with primary cytomegalovirus infections might lead to overestimation of HHV-6 infection rates in young children in seroprevalence studies. Other herpesvirus infections produced lesser effects on anti-HHV-6.
authors.affiliation: Ahmanson Pediatric Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chokephaibulkit
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Brunell
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vimal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schnabel
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D015654:Herpesvirus 6, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral