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. 2011 Nov;18(11):1895–1899. doi: 10.1128/CVI.05228-11

Table 3.

Low-CMV-IgG-avidity prevalence estimates (unweighted) for both CMV IgM-positive and IgM-negative sera from the NHANES survey, according to avidity test cutoff

CMV IgM status (no. tested) % prevalence of low IgG avidity (no. of specimens) by avidity test cutoff
0.80 0.70 0.60
IgM+ (126) 34.9 (44) 18.3 (23) 11.1 (14)
IgM (129) 8.5 (11) 2.3 (3) 0.8 (1)
IgM+ and IgM combined (255) 6.6 (55) 2.0 (26) 0.8 (15)