Detection of IgA antibody to EBV membrane antigen using Staphylococcus aureus preabsorbed sera is closely associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-205395
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.20539

Pi, G. H. ; Zeng, Y. ; Wolf, Hans J.

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Abstract

The presence of IgA antibody to membrane antigen (MA) of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was tested in sera from 48 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients, 40 patients with tumors other than NPC and 46 normal individuals. The sera were preabsorbed with Staphylococcus aureus (SPA) (strain no. 1800) prior to their use in the indirect immunofluorescence test. One hundred percent of the NPC patients had ...