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. 1985 Oct;22(4):566–571. doi: 10.1128/jcm.22.4.566-571.1985

Sensitive enzyme immunoassay for detecting immunoglobulin M antibodies to Sindbis virus and further evidence that Pogosta disease is caused by a western equine encephalitis complex virus.

C H Calisher, O Meurman, M Brummer-Korvenkontio, P E Halonen, D J Muth
PMCID: PMC268468  PMID: 3908469

Abstract

An antibody capture enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was adapted for the detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to Sindbis (SIN) virus. Sera from humans with a febrile illness characterized by rash and arthralgia in eastern Finland (Pogosta [POG] disease) and Sweden (Ockelbo disease) and from humans with western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus infection in the United States were tested for IgM antibodies by EIA. Seroconversions were documented in patients with POG disease and with WEE virus infections by using SIN virus as antigen and rabbit anti-SIN virus immunoglobulin; this confirms previous observations that POG disease is caused by a virus closely related to SIN virus and that IgM antibodies to WEE complex alphaviruses are not type specific. This IgM EIA provided a sensitive diagnostic and research tool applicable to epidemiologic problems posed by POG disease.

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