We compared the performances of five commercial rubella virus immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity assays. The Adaltis (kappa = 0.28) and Diesse (kappa = 0.33) assays showed poor correlation, the Behring assay (kappa = 0.68) showed good correlation, and the Euroimmun (kappa = 0.95) and Radim (kappa = 0.94) assays showed excellent correlation with a well-established in-house rubella virus IgG avidity ...

Aim: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), rubella virus and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are important factors that can be transmitted from mother to baby cause clinical findings in fetus or newborn. In our study, it was aimed determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii, pregnant women who applied hospital.
 Material Method: serological test results blood samples used diagnosis CMV infections Microbiolog...

Artery Disease To the Editor: Recently, Ridker et al published their observations about cytomegalovirus (CMV) and atherosclerosis.1 They found that “there is no evidence of a positive association between baseline IgG antibodies directed against CMV or HSV [herpes simplex virus] and the development of future MI [myocardial infarction] or thromboembolic stroke. Furthermore, we found no evidence o...

This study detects the serological test and prevalence of Cytomegalovirus infection in women (from 14-45 years) AL-Najaf city, 300 samples were collected from AL-Zahraa Hospital, AL-Hakeem Hospital central public health laborotary September 2019 to December ,5ml blood have been withdrawn each women, centrifuged at 3000 r.p.m for 15 minutes, serum has aspirated another tube storage deep freeze (...

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a major public health problem in sub-saharan Africa. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been reported to enhance HIV replication and accelerate the progression of HIV infection to AIDS. OBJECTIVE This study reports on the high seropositivity of immunoglobulin (Ig) G and M antibodies against CMV and the risk factor...

OBJECTIVE To examine the current seroepidemiology of immunoglobulin (Ig)G for herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV 1-2), varicella zoster virus (VZV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) among university females of childbearing age in Syria. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the female students of the Pharmacy College, Kalamoon University, Deratiah, Syria, where 316 sera were ...

A Toxoplasma gondii immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed that combines the accuracy of assays based on end point titers and the relative ease of assays based on optical density values. Like published procedures, the new assay's avidity index (AI) was based on differential T. gondii-specific IgG reactivity in serum-treated wells washed with urea ...

Background & Objective: Toxoplasma gondii infection has public health importance and can lead to serious diseases in immunosuppressed patients, such as HIV cases. Appropriate control of T. gondii infection in HIV patients requires information about the prevalence of T. gondii antibodies and DNA in different population. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of Toxo...