Virus-specific Polymeric Immunoglobulin A Antibodies in Serum from Patients with Rubella, Measles, Varicella, and Herpes Zoster Virus Infections

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1985 Oct 1

PMID 3001129

Citations 16

Authors

A Negro Ponzi

C Merlino

A Angeretti

R Penna

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Abstract

More than 85% of the immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies in normal adult serum are monomeric (m-IgA). By contrast, virus-specific IgA is mainly polymeric (p-IgA) in sera from patients with rubella, measles, and varicella. Specific m-IgA antibodies only reach quantitative significance in late convalescence. In patients with herpes zoster, on the other hand, a varying response was observed: in three of six sera, specific IgA was absent or at a very low titer, whereas in the remaining three cases, a high titer of both p-IgA and m-IgA was noted. These results suggest that in the initial response to rubella, measles, and varicella-zoster viruses, specific IgA first appears as p-IgA and only later becomes, or is replaced by, m-IgA.

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