Abstract
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were developed for quantifying cytomegalovirus (CMV) and rubella antibodies using a single serum dilution (1/800) in conjunction with a standard curve. A near linear relation was found between the logarithms of absorbance values of sera at a dilution of 1/800 and the titres as determined by an end point dilution ELISA. The reproducibility of the single dilution ELISA was good; the within-test coefficients of variation averaged 7.5% for CMV antibody and 12.4% for rubella antibody. A close correlation was found between ELISA and complement-fixing (CF) antibody titres to CMV and between ELISA and haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titres to rubella virus. The titres in ELISA were 200 to 1000 times higher than in CF for CMV and 50 to 100 times higher than in HI for rubella virus.
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