EVALUATION OF A NEW REAGENT FOR ANTICYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND ANTI-EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN-G

Authors
GUTIERREZ J MAROTO MD PIEDROLA G
Citation
J. Gutierrez et al., EVALUATION OF A NEW REAGENT FOR ANTICYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND ANTI-EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN-G, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(10), 1994, pp. 2603-2605
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2603 - 2605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:10<2603:EOANRF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The Enzygnost alpha method was tested against the complement fixation test and anti-VCA immunofluorescence to determine the respective titer s of anti-cytomegalovirus and anti-Epstein-Barr virus immunoglobulin G antibodies. For cytomegalovirus, the Enzygnost results showed 97.99% agreement with the readings obtained by the alternative method, with 1 00% sensitivity and 93.7% specificity. For Epstein-Barr virus, Enzygno st showed 97.71% agreement, 100% sensitivity, and 91.11% specificity.