title: Neospora caninum infection and repeated abortions in humans.
abstract: To determine whether Neospora caninum, a parasite known to cause repeated abortions and stillbirths in cattle, also causes repeated abortions in humans, we retrospectively examined serum samples of 76 women with a history of abortions for evidence of N. caninum infection. No antibodies to the parasite were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence assay, or Western blot.
authors.affiliation: Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. ep@ssi.dk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lebech
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rask
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bagger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Björkman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uggla
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D018688:Neospora / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan