Open AccessSeroprevalence and Seroconversion Rates of Cytomegalovirus pp65 Antigen and Cord Blood Screening of Pregnant Women in Malatya, Turkey
Author(s) -
Keziban Doğan,
Ayşe Kafkaslı,
Cihan Kaya,
Hüseyin Cengiz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the eurasian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1308-8742
pISSN - 1308-8734
DOI - 10.5152/eajm.2013.19
Subject(s) - medicine , seroconversion , cord blood , seroprevalence , cytomegalovirus , obstetrics , serology , human cytomegalovirus , pregnancy , immunology , antigen , antibody , herpesviridae , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , biology , genetics
The rates of seropositivity, seroconversion and fetal infection with human cytomegalovirus were analyzed in pregnant women and newborn cord blood in this study. The relationships between maternal age, parity, cytomegalovirus serology and polymerase chain reaction results were evaluated.