The most common complication of early pregnancy is abortion. Embryo-fatal infections have been documented to cause less than 4% of spontaneous abortions (SAs). Viruses, notably cytomegalovirus, appear to be the most frequently involved pathogens. The study is a case-control study conducted in Bint Al-Huda Teaching Hospital in the period between October 2020 to March 2021. One hundred subjects enrolled in this study and divided into (25) aborted CMV + women, (25) aborted CMVwomen, (25) non-aborted CMV + women as patients' groups, and (25) nonaborted women with cytomegalovirus seronegative test as a control group. This study was designed to assess the correlation between the severity of CMV infection among aborted women with VD levels and oxidative stress biomarkers (Malondialdehyde, Ceruloplasmin, and transferrin). Anticytomegalovirus antibody was positively correlated with vitamin D, MDA, and ceruloplasmin and negatively correlated with transferrin as an oxidative stress biomarker.
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