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. 2001 Mar;8(2):429–431. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.2.429-431.2001

TABLE 3.

Complete results for the two patients with high avidity indices

Patienta No. of wk after infectionb Avidity index valuee
VIDAS Behring
PPLc 5.5 0.78 0.02
7 0.71 0.14
11 0.51 0.2
21.5 0.76 0.05
23 0.78 0.15
5099824d 5.5 0.77 0.16
6.5 0.66 0.26
14 0.57
a

Patient names have been coded to remain anonymous. 

b

Number of weeks after the estimated date of CMV infection. 

c

Cutoff with the commercialized Behring test is 0.4 (primary infection within the past 4 months). 

d

The low cutoff with the modified Behring test is 0.3, and the high cutoff is 0.7 (primary infection within the past 3 months). 

e

Boldface values indicate discrepant results.