Seroepidemiological survey of cytomegalovirus infection among pregnant women in Nagasaki, Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-462

  Tagawa, Masato ^a,b   Minematsu, Toshio ^c   Masuzaki, Hideaki ^a   Ishimaru, Tadayuki ^a   Moriuchi, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute for Disease Control   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Epidemiology; Pregnant women; Serology

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953640072     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.03005.x     Document Type: Article

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