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. 1972 Dec 2;4(5839):522-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5839.522.

Specific IgM antibody in serum of patients with herpes zoster infections

C A Ross, R McDaid

Specific IgM antibody in serum of patients with herpes zoster infections

C A Ross et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Specific IgM varicella-zoster antibody was detected in "convalescent" sera from 20 out of 40 patients (50%) with herpes zoster infections. Since these were not primary infections with varicella-zoster virus, it seems that detection of IgM antibody specific for a particular virus may not differentiate a primary infection from secondary infections with that virus.

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