Days after onset of polyarthritis | VP2-IgM EIA | VP2-IgG EIA | VP2-ETS ratio | VP1-IgG avidity (%) | PCR | |
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VP2, major capsid protein; VP1, minor capsid protein; ETS, epitope type-specific IgG; pos, positive; neg, negative; ND, not determined. | ||||||
Zone of acute infection in VP2/ETS ratio 0-10; zone of past immunity >10. | ||||||
Zone of acute infection in VP1 IgG avidity 0-15%; borderline zone 16-25%, zone of past immunity: >25%. | ||||||
Signs of acute parvovirus infection are shown in bold. | ||||||
Case 1 | 7 | Pos | Pos | 0.38 | 6.3 | + |
20 | ND | Pos | 0.41 | 6.6 | + | |
400 | Neg | Pos | 232.57 | 52.8 | - | |
Case 2 | 4 | Pos | Pos | 0.28 | - | + |
24 | ND | Pos | 0.49 | 6.2 | ND | |
47 | Pos | Pos | 0.81 | 11.8 | + | |
110 | Neg | Pos | 4.98 | 24.7 | + | |
144 | - | Pos | 13.42 | 26.5 | + | |
500 | ND | ND | ND | ND | + |