Acute parvovirus B19 infection frequently causes false-positive results in Epstein-Barr virus- and herpes simplex virus-specific immunoglobulin M determinations done on the Liaison platform

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-375

  Berth, Mario ^a   Bosmans, Eugene ^a  

^a Algemeen Medisch Laboratorium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POVIDONE;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIAISON PLATFORM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SOLID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; SIMPLEXVIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949467555     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00380-08     Document Type: Article

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