A 32-year-old female asked:
would an adult with cvid who had varicella as a child still have igg titers to varicella? or would they likely we low?
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Dr. John Chiu answered
57 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Low: Unless the patient is getting gammaglobulin replacement, the IgG titers to nearly everything infectious agent will be low or absent.
Answered on Jul 28, 2017
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