ArticleBMC research notes2018
Predominance of Brucella abortus antibodies among women with spontaneous abortion in the city of Mwanza: unrecognized link or coincidence?
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- Development of in-house PCR assays and cross-sectional molecular surveillance of infectious pathogens in adverse pregnancy outcomes and neonatal sepsis in central India.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Immune Responses Potentially Involved in the Gestational Complications ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- High Seropositivity ofJournal of pregnancy · 2023Article
- Brucellosis: Prevalence with reference to East African community countries - A rapid review.Veterinary medicine and science · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigated the association of Brucella seropositivity and spontaneous abortions in human population in the city of Mwanza, Tanzania.
resultsA comparative cross sectional study which used 148 sera from women with spontaneous abortion and 250 sera from full-term delivered women was conducted in July 2017. Detection of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis antibodies was done using slide agglutination test. Data were analyzed using STATA version 13 software. The median age of the study participants was 25 (interquartile range 21-30) years. The overall seropositivity of Brucella antibodies was significantly higher among sera from women with spontaneous abortion than full term delivered women; (86/148, 58.1%: 95% CI 50-66 vs. 65/250, 26%: 95% CI 18-33, P < 0.001). Seropositivity of B. abortus was significantly higher among sera from women with spontaneous abortion than full-term delivered women (31.8% vs. 10.8%, P < 0.001). Women with abortion had 3.59 odds of being brucella seropositive compared to full term women (OR: 3.59, 95% CI; 2.25-5.74, P < 0.001). Seropositivity of Brucella antibodies is significantly higher among women with spontaneous abortion than full-term delivered women necessitating a need to investigate the relationship between Brucellosis and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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