Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies to human immunoglobulin M (IgM) were used in a four-phase enzyme immunofluorescence "capture" assay for determination of IgM antibodies to measles and rubella viruses. Little or no background reactivity was seen in the test system, and interfering effects of rheumatoid factor were avoided by preabsorption of test sera with aggregated human IgG. Virus-specific IgM antibody was demonstrable in 23 of 24 patients with serological evidence of measles virus infections and in 36 of 36 patients with serological evidence of postnatal rubella infection. A few of the rubella patients did not show IgM antibody until 5 days after onset of illness. The enzyme immunofluorescence assay was able to demonstrate rubella IgM antibody in congenitally infected newborns, whereas indirect immunofluorescence results for virus-specific IgM were negative. Viral IgM antibody was not detected in persons with past infections with the test viruses, in young children without evidence of past infection, or in patients infected with heterotypic viruses, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, or mycoplasmas.
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