Cytomegalovirus infection and disease in the Jerusalem area.
| Title: | Cytomegalovirus infection and disease in the Jerusalem area. |
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| Authors: | Isacsohn M; Rudensky B; Eidelman AI; Abulafia Y; Paz E; Erlichman M; Sayar Y; Nubani N; Malachi D |
| Source: | Israel journal of medical sciences [Isr J Med Sci] 1983 Oct; Vol. 19 (10), pp. 916-20. |
| Publication Type: | Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Israel Journal Of Medical Sciences Country of Publication: Israel NLM ID: 0013105 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0021-2180 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00212180 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Isr J Med Sci Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Jerusalem : Israel Journal Of Medical Sciences; Original Publication: Jerusalem. |
| MeSH Terms: | Cytomegalovirus Infections/*epidemiology ; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/*epidemiology; Antibodies, Viral/analysis ; Cytomegalovirus/immunology ; Cytomegalovirus Infections/congenital ; Cytomegalovirus Infections/diagnosis ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Ethnicity ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Israel ; Male ; Pregnancy |
| Abstract: | We studied the epidemiology of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in women and neonates in the Jerusalem area. During the 6-month period from January to June 1982, we recorded the presence of antibody to CMV in pregnant and parturient Jewish and Arab women from West and East Jerusalem, respectively, in 18- to 22-year-old female students at a religious college, in female university students, in 18- to 22-year-old student nurses, and in the nursing staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in our hospital. In the 18- to 22-year-old age-group, the religious college students not working in a medical setting had the lowest rate of seropositivity. No difference in the rate of CMV infection was found between Jewish and Arab parturient women. In five cases of congenital CMV infection, representing different clinical aspects of the disease, a comparative study of diagnostic procedures for congenital CMV infection was performed. |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (Antibodies, Viral) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 19831001 Date Completed: 19840305 Latest Revision: 20211203 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PMID: | 6319321 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't