Serological status of childbearing-aged women for Toxoplasma gondii and cytomegalovirus in northern Kosovo and Metohija.


Journal

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN: 1678-9849
Titre abrégé: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
Pays: Brazil
ID NLM: 7507456

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
17 01 2019
Historique:
received: 12 10 2017
accepted: 21 06 2018
entrez: 18 1 2019
pubmed: 18 1 2019
medline: 23 2 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Toxoplasma gondii and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are pathogens associated with congenital anomalies. Serum was collected from 79 reproductive-age women and tested for IgM and IgG antibodies to T. gondii and CMV. Seropositivity for T. gondii was detected in 24.1% of women and CMV in 96.2%. High seropositivity for CMV was found for all ages. The highest seropositivity for T. gondii was observed among older participants. T. gondii remains an important pathogen owing to low seropositivity.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30652782
pii: S0037-86822019000100602
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0313-2017
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Immunoglobulin G 0
Immunoglobulin M 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e20170313

Auteurs

Jelena Aritonovic Pribakovic (JA)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Natasa Katanic (N)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Tatjana Radevic (T)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Mirjana Stojanovic Tasic (MS)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Mirjana Kostic (M)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Boban Stolic (B)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Aleksandra Radulovic (A)

Institute for Orthopedic surgery, Banjica, Serbia.

Verica Minic (V)

Institute for Public Health, Pristina, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

Ksenija Bojovic (K)

Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.

Radoslav Katanic (R)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

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