Anti-human cytomegalovirus nuclear antigen antibodies of different immunoglobulin classes

Acta Virol. 1982 Jan;26(1-2):73-8.

Abstract

IgG, IgM and IgA immunoglobulin classes of antibodies to human cytomegalovirus nuclear antigens (CMNA) were studied by the acid-fixed nuclear binding technique (AFNB) and combined anti-complement immunofluorescence (combined ACIF). In acute cases of infectious mononucleosis (IM) of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) origin and in the so-called double virus infections (HCMV + Epstein-Barr virus), anti-CMNA IgM antibodies were detected. They were absent from both anti-HCMV positive sera of healthy donors and sera of patients suffering of IM caused by EBV used as controls. The presence of anti-CMNA IgM may thus serve as an additional evidence of acute HCMV infection. Non-complement-fixing IgA classes of the anti-CMNA antibodies were not found in some of the sera gathered during the acute phase of IM of EBV origin: in one fourth of the HCMV seropositive donors and in a number of late serum samples. But non-complement-fixing and complement-fixing anti-CMNA components of the IgG class were detected.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology*
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology
  • Complement Fixation Tests
  • Cytomegalovirus / immunology*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / microbiology
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M