Primary cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant egyptian women confirmed by cytomegalovirus IgG avidity testing

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-33

  Kamel, N ^a   Metwally, L ^b   Gomaa, N ^b   Sayed Ahmed, W A ^a   Lotfi, M ^a   Younis, S ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Avidity; Pregnancy; Primary cytomegalovirus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN BINDING; AVIDITY INDEX; BINDING AFFINITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891278249     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354758     Document Type: Article

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