Prevalence of CMV antibodies among women of childbearing age in different social environments in southern Israel
In: Journal of Medical Virology, Jg. 24 (1988), S. 19-25
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The prevalence rate of IgG antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was determined in a sample of 567 women of childbearing age in the southern part of Israel by the immunoperoxidase assay to membrane antigen (IPAMA) technique. Urban Jewish women of Afro-Asian origin showed significantly higher rates of seropositivity than urban Jewish women of European-American origin (80% vs 65%, respectively, P less than 0.001), closely resembling the level of CMV seropositivity found in Afro-Asian and European-American countries in the same age and sex population groups. The Bedouin women showed slightly lower rates of CMV seropositivity (75%) than Jewish women of Afro-Asian origin. Particularly high rates of CMV seropositivity were detected in women who live in a kibbutz environment: 96% in women of Afro-Asian origin and 80% in women of Euro-American origin. Multiple discriminant analysis also singles out the kibbutz environment as a major contributor to the variance between the groups tested (P less than 0.003).
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Prevalence of CMV antibodies among women of childbearing age in different social environments in southern Israel
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Sarov, Israel ; Urkin, J. ; Haikin, Hava ; Sarov, Batia ; Naggan, Lechaim |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Medical Virology, Jg. 24 (1988), S. 19-25 |
Veröffentlichung: | Wiley, 1988 |
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ISSN: | 1096-9071 (print) ; 0146-6615 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1002/jmv.1890240104 |
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