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Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus antibodies amongst normal pregnant women in Nigeria

Author(s) -

Akinsegun Akinbami,

Rabiu,

Adewumi,

Dosunmu,

Adeyemo,

Adediran,

David Wright

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of women s health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136

H-Index - 45

ISSN - 1179-1411

DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s24850

Subject(s) - seroprevalence , cytomegalovirus , antibody , virology , new normal , medicine , pregnancy , immunology , obstetrics , covid-19 , serology , biology , virus , herpesviridae , viral disease , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics

Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a ubiquitous virus belonging to the herpes family, is known to be transmitted frequently to developing fetuses in pregnancy. In an immunocompromised state like pregnancy, primary infection through blood transfusion or reactivation of a latent CMV infection can cause severe illness. The study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody to cytomegalovirus amongst pregnant women in correlation with previous exposure to blood transfusion.

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