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  • Title: [A study on cytomegalovirus infection in 199 pregnant women and their infants].
    Author: Xu GL.
    Journal: Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi; 1989 May; 24(3):130-2, 188. PubMed ID: 2553351.
    Abstract:
    Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common in human, and exerts harmful effects during pregnancy upon fetuses. In order to get a clear knowledge of CMV infection rate in pregnant women and their infants and of the relationship between maternal infection and congenital infection in our city, we tried to detect the CMV specific IgG and IgM in 199 paired serum samples of mother and infant. The results showed that 183 maternal serum samples and 179 umbilical cord serum samples were CMV-IgG positive, a positive rate of 92% and 90% respectively. While 6 maternal serum samples and 7 umbilical cord serum sample were CMV-IgM positive, a positive rate of 3.0% and 3.5% respectively. The close correlation of CMV-IgM levels between mothers and their babies indicates that the infant may acquire congenital infection from his CMV-IgM positive mother.
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