Abstract
We examined seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) of pregnant women for 18 years since 1980 with complement-fixing antibody (CF) and specific IgG antibody. CF seropositive rate decreased gradually from 93.2% to 66.7%. CMV-IgG Seropositive rates were 87.4% in 1985, and 75.2% in 1996 to 1997. Age and parity of pregnant women associated with the immune status; 35.6% of recent young primipara were susceptible.
MeSH terms
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Age Factors
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Antibodies, Viral / analysis*
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Cytomegalovirus / immunology*
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Cytomegalovirus Infections / epidemiology*
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Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
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Female
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin G / analysis
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Japan / epidemiology
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Parity
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
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Prevalence
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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Immunoglobulin G