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ArticleFacts, views & vision in ObGyn2012

High susceptibility to cytomegalovirus infection of pregnant women in Flanders, Belgium.

E Leuridan, M Ieven, N Hens, P Van Damme

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Article in Facts, views & vision in ObGyn, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

E LeuridanCentre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, 1a, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.
M IevenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp.
N HensInteruniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan 1, 3590 Diepenbeek & CHERMID, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp.
P Van DammeCentre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, 1a, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.
Infectious Diseases Institute · UGHasselt University · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maternal antibodies against cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection offer, to some extent, protection against congenital CMV infection. This study describes the seroprevalence of CMV-specific IgG in 220 parturient women during pregnancy, at delivery, at 3 months after delivery and in their cord blood (Flanders, Belgium, 2006-2008). ELISA was used to measure IgG. Of this population, 30% had positive IgG titres. Active transplacental transport was confirmed with a ratio 1.15/1. Elevated maternal IgG titre and increased parity, but not age, were significantly associated with higher seroprevalence of CMV-specific IgG in the cord blood. These data indicate a high susceptibility to CMV among fertile women. Prenatal prevention and other strategies to prevent intra-uterine infection are of critical importance in a highly susceptible population.

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Cord bloodcytomegalovirusmaternal antibodiespregnancyseroprevalencetransplacental transport

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PMID24753893
PMCPMC3987497
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