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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 190, 期 11, 页码 1908-1912出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/424677
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To investigate antibody maturation and serum levels of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA after primary CMV infection, we studied 51 immunocompetent and 27 kidney-transplant patients.Compared with the immunocompetent patients, the transplant patients had significantly more-prolonged and-variable antibody maturation, clearly longer durations of viremia, and higher levels of CMV DNA; however, antibody maturation continued for 11 year even in immunocompetent patients. Long-term ganciclovir prophylaxis in the transplant patients was associated with either delayed immunoglobulin-G seroconversion, inhibition of antibody maturation (n = 2), or immunoglobulin-class switching (n = 1). In conclusion, antibody maturation continues in immunocompetent patients for a period longer than previously had been thought and is significantly delayed or even inhibited in kidney-transplant patients.
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