title: Prevalence of CMV antibodies among women of childbearing age in different social environments in southern Israel.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Division, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urkin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naggan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haikin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sarov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D007557:Israel; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology; D012931:Social Environment; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G