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. 1982 Jan;15(1):69–73. doi: 10.1128/jcm.15.1.69-73.1982

Detection of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus capsid antigen by immune adherence hemagglutination.

E T Lennette, E Ward, G Henle, W Henle
PMCID: PMC272026  PMID: 6313742

Abstract

The immune adherence hemagglutination assay was found to be as sensitive and specific as the indirect immunofluorescence technique for titration of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus capsid antigen. Satisfactory virus capsid antigen-specific and negative control antigens for the immune adherence hemagglutination assay were prepared from cell extracts of the Epstein-Barr virus producer P3HR-1 and the Epstein-Barr virus genome-negative BJAB lymphoblastoid cell lines, respectively. As the immune adherence hemagglutination assay can be used to titrate antibodies to both the heterophil antigen of the Paul-Bunnell type and to virus capsid antigen, it offers a promising alternative to the immunofluorescence methods in the serodiagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus infections which can be performed by most diagnostic laboratories.

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