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SUBMITTER: Hong DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3044211 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hong David K DK Tremoulet Adriana H AH Burns Jane C JC Lewis David B DB
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20110101 1
Prepandemic intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and sera from Kawasaki disease patients treated with this IVIG were analyzed for 2009 H1N1-specific microneutralization and hemagglutination inhibition antibodies. All 6 different IVIG preparations tested had significant levels of cross-reactive-specific antibody at a concentration of 2.0 g/dL of immunoglobulin. Sera from 18 of 19 Kawasaki disease patients had significant increases of cross-reactive-specific antibody after 2.0 g/kg of prepandemic IVI ...[more]