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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1984; 7(4):191-197

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1984.7.4.191

Original Article

Study of Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus Antibodies in Korean Pregnant Women with Complement Fixation Test

Hye Kyung Park
Corresponding author: Hae Kyung Park. Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University

Copyright ⓒ 1984. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

One hundred and thirteen sera from pregnant women and thirty sera from non pregnant women which were obtainable at several hospitals, Seoul Korea, during the period from June to November, 1983 were studied with complement fixation test in order to understand epidemiologic pattern of cytomegalovirus antibodies and herpes simplex virus antibodies in pregnant women. The results showed cytomegalovirus antibodies were 98.87% and herpes simplex virus antibodies were 97.25% in pregnant women. The complement fixation antibody titers of cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus in pregnant women were abserved to have significant correlation.