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K Sakamoto, J Greally, R F Gilfillan, J Sexton, V Barnabei, J Yetz, T Bechtold, J K Seeley, E O'Dwyer, D T Purtilo.
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Acquired immune suppression accompanying normal pregnancy may be associated with reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Pregnant women with reactivated EBV having anti-EA antibodies show high titers of antiviral capsid antigen (VCA) geometric mean titers (GMT) of 522 versus 170 in those lacking anti-early antigen (EA). Among twenty-seven seropositive women at parturition, 17 (63%) had generated antibody to EA, and all 27 (100%) demonstrated significant increases in antibody to VCA (p less than 0.01). In contrast, antibody titers to cytomegalovirus, herpes hominis, varicella-zoster, and rubella viruses in the pregnant women were comparable to those found in nonpregnant controls. (Am J Reprod Immunol. 1982; 2:217-221.)Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 6291416 DOI： 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1982.tb00169.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Reprod Immunol ISSN： 0271-7352 Impact factor: 3.886