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Parvovirus B19 antibodies and correlates of infection in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in central Nigeria
| العنوان: | Parvovirus B19 antibodies and correlates of infection in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in central Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | Samuel E Emiasegen, Lohya Nimzing, Moses P Adoga, Adamu Y Ohagenyi, Rufai Lekan |
| المصدر: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 106, Iss 2, Pp 227-231 (2011) |
| بيانات النشر: | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Microbiology LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | parvovirus B19, antibodies, incidence, prevalence, blood transfusion, risk factors, Microbiology, QR1-502, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| الوصف: | Human parvovirus B19 infection is associated with spontaneous abortion, hydrops foetalis, intrauterine foetal death, erythema infectiosum (5th disease), aplastic crisis and acute symmetric polyarthropathy. However, data concerning Nigerian patients with B19 infection have not been published yet. The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of B19 IgG and IgM antibodies, including correlates of infection, among pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in Nigeria. Subsequent to clearance from an ethical committee, blood samples were collected between August-November 2008 from 273 pregnant women between the ages of 15-40 years who have given their informed consent and completed self-administered questionnaires. Recombinant IgG and IgM enzyme linked immunosorbent assay kits (Demeditec Diagnostics, Germany) were used for the assays. Out of the 273 participants, 111 (40.7%) had either IgG or IgM antibodies. Out of these, 75 (27.5%) had IgG antibodies whereas 36 (13.2%) had IgM antibodies, and those aged 36-40 years had the highest prevalence of IgG antibodies. Significant determinants of infection (p < 0.05) included the receipt of a blood transfusion, occupation and the presence of a large number of children in the household. Our findings have important implications for transfusion and foeto-maternal health policy in Nigeria. Routine screening for B19 IgM antibodies and accompanying clinical management of positive cases should be made mandatory for all Nigerian blood donors and women of childbearing age. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1678-8060 0074-0276 |
| Relation: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000200018&lng=en&tlng=en; https://doaj.org/toc/1678-8060 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200018 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/bb49347ca17f43cd9af3b26a1361785d |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.bb49347ca17f43cd9af3b26a1361785d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 16788060 00740276 |
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| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200018 |