Review of sero-prevalence of human cytomegalovirus in Iraq

Abstract

Therefore, it can be isolated from saliva, tears, breast milk, semen, cervical secretions, blood products and urine. HCMV infection may be either latent (non-productive), lytic (productive), asymptomatic or symptomatic. 4 CMV pathogenicityResearch to validate the correlation of CMV infection with age denoted the presence of three periods of increased incidence of infections: early childhood, adolescence and the reproductive period. The virus can be present in different secretions of an infected person, such as discharge from the oropharynx, urine, vagina, semen, milk, and blood components. The virus spreads by direct contact with an infected person, vertically from mother to fetus, and parenteral, i.e. blood transfusions, organ or bone marrow transplants. 15

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“…This study was based on serological technique and the result showed 18 and 32 cases were positive for CMV IgM and IgG respectively. 42 The last study was done in 400 aborted women and was reported by Al-Abady et al 43 in 2013. The result revealed 22(5.5%), 197(49.25%) and 7(1.75%) cases positive for CMV IgM, IgG and IgM+IgG respectively.…”

“…50 cases positive for CMV were tested by using PCR and the result disclosed 13(26%)positive cases. 43 In the north of Iraq, there were many studies about this virus. One of them in Mosul involving 100 women with high delivery risk factors reported by AL-Taie 44 in 2010 disclosed that cases were included in this study based on previous history of having 2-3 pregnancy loss, intrauterine deaths, preterm deliveries and intrauterine growth retardation.…”

Maternal Infections Associated with Bad Obstetric Outcome: Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus.

“…Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is with global distribution and range of 30-100% [1,2]. CMV infection is the most common congenital viral infection worldwide [3].…”