Serological Evidence and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Recent Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnant Women Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Adamu Babayo (Author), Thairu Yunusa (Author), Idris Abdullahi Nasir (Author), Marycelin B. Baba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction : Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is able to go into latency and is the most common cause of congenital infections in humans. Its clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic forms to severe fetal damage, and in rare cases, fetal death due to abortion. This prospective cross-sectional s...