Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus among blood donors and antenatal women attending two hospitals in Khartoum State

Shamsoun  Khamis Kafi; Elfatih  Yousif Eldouma; Samia  Bashir Mohammed Saeed; Hassan  Abdelaziz Musa

doi:10.52981/sjms.v4i4.957

Shamsoun Khamis Kafi Department of Microbiology, Faculty of medical laboratory science. The National Ribat University. P. O. Box 55 Burri, Khartoum, Sudan.
Elfatih Yousif Eldouma Department of Microbiology, faculty of medical laboratory science, Alzaeem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Samia Bashir Mohammed Saeed Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Hassan Abdelaziz Musa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52981/sjms.v4i4.957

Keywords: herpesviruses, abortion, blood transfusion

Abstract

Back ground: Cytomeglovirus(CMV) is a common viral infection globally. Although most
infections are subclinical; infection during pregnancy may be associated with serious outcome such
as abortion, stillbirth and congenitally malformed child.
Methods and results: During the period from June to July2003, 250 subjects (150 blood donors and
100 women presenting to Khartoum Teaching Hospital's and Omdurman Maternity Hospital
respectively)had their blood tested for IgG antibodies against Cytomegalovirus using ELISA test.
Of these 84% were found to harbor Cytomegalovirus antibodies. The seroprevalence of the virus
was higher in the antenatal women (95%) compared to the blood donors (77%).
Conclusion: The study revealed insignificant association between infection with the virus and both
history of previous surgical operation and blood transfusion (p> 0.05).CMV infection was found to
be associated with increased risk of abortion in women under study.

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