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. 2000 Sep;7(5):823–827. doi: 10.1128/cdli.7.5.823-827.2000

TABLE 1.

IgM activity in the acute- and convalescent-phase sera collected from Brazilian and Venezuelan children who were previously shown to seroconvert to HHV-6 by IgM

Serum characteristic (origin) No. of samples with HHV-6 IgM
Total Acute phase Only conv phasea
IgG seroconverted (Brazil) 32 29 3
IgG increase (Brazil)b 12 12 NT
IgG activity (Venezuela) 37 22 12
a

Conv, convalescent-phase sera; NT, not tested. 

b

HHV-6 IgG increase indicates an increase in band intensity of the convalescent-phase serum when compared to the acute-phase serum as previously described (2).