Seropositivity of cytomegalovirus, parvovirus and rubella in pregnant women and recurrent aborters in Leningrad County, Russia

Abstract

The mean age of the two groups was 27.1 and 28.2 years, respectively. The mean number of deliveries was low (0.4 and 0.5, respectively). Thirty-one point six percent of Group 1 and 41.9% of Group 2 were daily smokers. The group of normally pregnant women had a significantly increased frequency of induced abortions compared to the recurrent aborters, while the recurrent aborters reported more genital infections. There was little difference in total antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) (78.0% and 81.1%, respectively) or B19 IgG (75.3% and 66.9%, respectively) between the groups, while the normal pregnant women had a significantly higher prevalence of rubella antibodies (77.5% and 59.8%, respectively). Our results indicate that less women remain susceptible to primary CMV infection in pregnancy in Russia compared to western Europe and North America. The prevalence of B19 IgG was slightly lower than data from Sweden. Natural immunization against rubella virus was lower than in other, unvaccinated female populations. Vaccination strategies for rubella are now initiated in the Russian Federation. Results from this study are utilized in a federally supported, comprehensive pregnancy care project of North-West Russia.

Frequency of Human Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus-1 Antigens in Product of Conceptus Tissues of Pregnant Women With Spontaneous Abortion

“…The current study had demonstrated that HCMV infection in pregnant women with spontaneous abortion was 36%, this result is comparable with result of a study done in Erbil city, which found that the seropositivity was 30.05% (18) . However, other studies showed higher rate than result of present study, which reported a detection rates ranged between 62.3% and 81.1% (19,20) . When compare to studies conducted in Arabic countries such as Tunisia, where a 96.3% seroprevalence of HCMV antibody was reported among 404 Tunisian pregnant women (21) .…”

Seroprevalence of Rubella Virus in Women with Spontaneous Abortion

“…In another report from Leningrad County, Russia, the seroprevalence of rubella virus in women with abortion and in healthy women were 77.5 and 59.8% respectively (Odland et al, 2001). In another study in Nigeria, the seroprevalence of rubella virus in women with abortion and in healthy women were 86% and 77% respectively (Onyenekwe et al, 2000).…”

Seroepidemiology of cytomegalovirus infections in Croatia

“…Prevalence rates are reported to be 41%-92% in children and adolescents [12][13][14][15], 45%-94% in adult general population [14,[16][17][18][19], 30%-91.5% in pregnant women [20][21][22][23][24] and 68%-99% in hemodialysis patients [25][26][27].…”

“…A very low prevalence rate was found in Irish pregnant women (30.4%) [40]. A Russian study reported slightly higher seroprevalence in women with current abortions (81.1%) compared to women with normal pregnancy (78.0%) [20]. There was no difference in CMV seropositivity in Croatian pregnant women with normal pregnancy (78.2%) and pregnant women with bad obstetric history (78.1%).…”