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Cytomegalovirus-specific B cell activation as a potential marker for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection

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In vitro secretion of antibodies to cytomegalovirus was investigated by analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture supernatants from subjects infected with cytomegalovirus. Patients with primary or recurrent cytomegalovirus infection showed transient in vitro cytomegalovirus-specific antibody secretion. A high proportion of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus and seropositive for cytomegalivirus showed in vitro cytomegalovirus-specific antibody secretion. All peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures from patients with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection were found to secrete in vitro antibodies to cytomegalovirus, despite the fact that isolation of cytomegalovirus from some of these patients was not achieved. In human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, in vitro secretion of anti-cytomegalovirus antibodies appeared to be persistent. In vitro cytomegalovirus-specific antibody secretion by peripheral blood lymphocytes probably reflects an in vitro cytomegalovirus-specific B cell activation. This new assay could be considered an interesting method for detecting both acute or chronic cytomegalovirus infection, with potential use in routine laboratory practice.

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  1. Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, 34059, Montpellier Cedex, France

    M. Segondy

  2. Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 34059, Montpellier Cedex, France

    J. P. Vendrell, M. F. Huguet, J. Ducos & A. Serre

  3. Service des Maladies Infectieuses A, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, 34059, Montpellier Cedex, France

    J. Reynes

  4. Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Aiguelongue, 34059, Montpellier Cedex, France

    B. Albat

  5. Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Trousseau, 75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    J. C. Nicolas

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Segondy, M., Vendrell, J.P., Reynes, J. et al. Cytomegalovirus-specific B cell activation as a potential marker for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 745–750 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02184687

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