PEDIATRICS Vol. 70 No. 5 November 1982, pp. 823-824
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Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Antibody Profile in an Infant Congenitally Infected by the EBV

R. Shihman Chang MD, DSc1

1 University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616

In 1973, Blankenship and I reported on an apparently healthy infant who was infected by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in utero.1 In testing for EBV capsid (VCA) antibody in this infant, we found weak positive reactions with undiluted sera but negative reactions with sera diluted at 1/4. Because sera were generally tested at the initial dilution of 1/8 or 1/10 and were considered as negative for VCA antibody if there were no visible reactions,2,3 we concluded that the congenitally infected infant was EBV-seronegative.

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