Assessment of Methods for Cytomegalovirus Antibody Testing of Blood Donations Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract. As part of a programme to establish a panel of individuals with high titres of anticytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG for the production of CMV Ig, the CMV serostatus of 139 normal blood donors was determined by indirect haemagglutination assay, enzyme immunoassay, and complement fixation. The indirect haemagglutination assay was the most accurate and convenient method for the detection of CMV antibody negative donations. Plasma for production of hyperimmune CMV IgG could best be selected by an IgG‐specific enzyme immunoassay procedure.

authors

• Chung, A
• Chang, W
• Leung, MK
• Ofosu, Frederick A
• Moore, BPL

status

• published 

publication date

• November 1984

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1116 Medical Physiology (FoR)
• Antibodies (MeSH)
• Blood Donors (MeSH)
• Cardiovascular System & Hematology (Science Metrix)
• Complement Fixation Tests (MeSH)
• Cytomegalovirus (MeSH)
• Cytomegalovirus Infections (MeSH)
• Hemagglutination Tests (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Immunoenzyme Techniques (MeSH)
• Immunoglobulin G (MeSH)
• Transfusion Reaction (MeSH)

published in

• Vox Sanguinis  Journal

keywords

• Antibodies
• Blood Donors
• Complement Fixation Tests
• Cytomegalovirus
• Cytomegalovirus Infections
• Hemagglutination Tests
• Humans
• Immunoenzyme Techniques
• Immunoglobulin G
• Transfusion Reaction

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1984.tb04137.x

PubMed ID

• 6095530

start page

• 343

end page

• 347

volume

• 47

issue

• 5