Abstract: The aim of this research is to assess the sero prevalence of Cytomegalovirus antibodies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Sokoto Metropolis.The study was carried out in Specialist Hospital Sokoto and also Maryam Abacha Women and children hospital sokoto. The study was conducted using onsite CMV IgG/IgM Duo Rapid Test-Cassette. Demographic and clinical data were collected using questionnaires.Three hundred pregnant women (150 from specialist Hospital and 150 from Maryam Abacha Women and children Hospital) attending antenatal clinics were collected in sterile vacutainer EDTA containers from the subjects. Of the 300 pregnant women screened, 43 (14.3%) had CMV IgG antibodies while 3 (1%) were positive for both CMV IgG and IgM. The seroprevalance of anti-CMV IgG among pregnant women was low in this study while for anti-CMV IgM was 1%. It is suggest that other more advanced techniques like histological examination of tissue or nucleic acid amplification methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) should be employ to conduct further research in the area for the infection.also recommended that anti-CMV IgG and anti-CMV IgM specific serological test should be carried out by other investigators in other to compare the findings found in this area.
Keywords: sero prevalence, Sokoto Metropolis, CMV, Abacha Women, IgG/IgM.
Title: SERO PREVALENCE OF CYTOMEGALO VIRUS ANTIBODIES (IgG and IgM) AMONGST PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTE-NATAL CLINICS IN SOKOTO METROPOLIS, SOKOTO STATE-NIGERIA
Author: Saidu, A.Y., Halimatu, S.A., Alhassan, H.M., Alo, M.N., Abdullahi I.
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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