https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.5083
Epidemiology of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women living in the Greater Romagna Area, Italy
Submitted: 4 February 2015
Accepted: 18 June 2015
Published: 18 December 2015
Accepted: 18 June 2015
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Materials and Methods. In 2012, 23,727 serological tests for CMV IgG and IgM antibodies were performed in the Microbiology Unit, the Hub Laboratory of the Greater Romagna Area: 6931 were pregnant women.
Results and Conclusions. 179 subjects were positive for CMV IgM antibodies: 82 were not pregnant; 97 were IgM positive during pregnancy or in the course of a pre-conception evaluation. The detected incidence of the CMV infection in pregnancy (calculated at 1.40%) actually validates the literature data. This study’s findings clearly underline the usefulness of testing the CMV specific immune response in the pre-conception period or as early as possible during pregnancy.
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Billi, P., Della Strada, M., Semprini, S., & Sambri, V. (2015). Epidemiology of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women living in the Greater Romagna Area, Italy. Microbiologia Medica, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.5083
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