Prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma antibodies in Thailand.
Prevalence of CMV and toxoplasmosis antibodies were determined among normal newborn infants, suspected congenital neonates and pregnant women. Seropositive rates of CMV and toxoplasmosis were similar. Most of the pregnant women had CMV antibodies. The in-house ELISA for detection of Toxoplasma antibodies was developed and compared with the commercial kit with sensitivity and specificity of 90.47% and 96.74% respectively.
Tantivanich
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Amarapal
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Suphadtanaphongs
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Siripanth
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Sawatmongkonkun
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W
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000276:immunology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000914:Antibodies, Viral