Cytomegalovirus antibody avidity in allogeneic bone marrow recipients: Evidence for primary or secondary humoral responses depending on donor immune status

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Lutz, E ^a,c   Ward, K N ^a,b   Szydlo, R ^a   Goldman, J M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avidity index; B cell; Bone marrow transplant; CMV; IgG antibody titre; Immune reconstitution

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY AVIDITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE STATUS; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0030004436     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199605)49:1<61::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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