A Seroepidemiological Study on Varicera-Zoster Virus by the Complement-Fixation Reaction
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The complement-fixating (CF) antigen was prepared in human embryo lung cells infected with varicella-zoster virus (VZV). CF antibody titers in 22 patients with herpes zoster were examined, followed up and the relation between VZV infection and CF antibody was studied. Four hundred and fifty six normal sera were also examined for the control with the consideration of the age.<BR>Out of 22, 19 were observed to have an increase in CF antibody titer during the period between the acute and the convalescent phases. The titer seemed to be proportional to clinical severity of the infection in the patients. After three months of infection, the CF antibody, decreased rapidly.<BR>The percentage of positive CF titer (≥1: 8) in normal persons was 37.1. This was unexpectedly low compared with that appeared in reports abroad. Positive rates of CF antibody on age basis were highest in the 20s and 50s, and lowest in the early teens and the 30s. Among healthy persons, 25 cases (5.48%) and 11 cases (2.41%) were found to show a high CF antibody titer of more than X32, and X64, respectively. Presumably, this result can be interpreted as reactivation or reinfection of VZV which would, in most cases, occur in non-manifested form when the antibody titer dropped low enough to permit the virus to get active.
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