Cytomegalovirus excretion in pregnant and nonpregnant women.
Cervical and urinary excretion of cytomegalovirus by Taiwanese women was identified by the presence of a cytomegalovirus-specific immediate-early gene sequence amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. Excretion rates during the first trimester of pregnancy resembled rates for nonpregnant women. As pregnancy proceeded, the cervical excretion rate increased from 13 to 40% and the urinary excretion rate increased from 1 to 13%.
Shen
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CY
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chang
S F
SF
Yen
M S
MS
Ng
H T
HT
Huang
E S
ES
Wu
C W
CW
D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
D004279:DNA, Viral