Document 0385
 DOCN  M9650385
 TI    [Parasitic and viral marker detection in pregnant adolescents and their
       newborn infants at risk]
 DT    9605
 AU    Contreras MC; Escaff V; Salinas P; Saavedra T; Suarez M; Departamento de
       Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad; de Chile.
 SO    Rev Chil Obstet Ginecol. 1995;60(2):85-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96093537
 AB    We have investigated the prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma
       gondii, Trypanosoma cruzzi, Hepatitis B virus, cytomegalovirus, rubella
       virus, and human immunodeficiency virus in 139 adolescent pregnant women
       and in their high risk newborn children. The methods employed were the
       Sabin and Feldman reaction, complement fixation reaction, ELISA, and
       xenodiagnostic 30.9% of the pregnant group were seropositive for T.
       gondii, both mothers and newborns were IgM-negative. Two mothers (1.4%)
       presented anti T. cruzii antibodies, and one newborn child had
       circulating parasites. Related to the virological studies, 93.5% of the
       population were anti CMV antibodies positive and all their newborns were
       IgM (-) 90.6% of the adolescents were rubella positive and one was
       seropositive to VIH. We conclude that the prevalence found in this group
       of adolescent pregnant women are not significantly different to the one
       reported for the general pregnant women population.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Biological Markers/BLOOD  Chile  Cytomegalovirus
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS  English Abstract  Female  Fetal
       Blood/PARASITOLOGY/VIROLOGY  Follow-Up Studies  Human  Infant, Newborn
       Male  Pregnancy  *Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/BLOOD/DIAGNOSIS
       Risk Factors  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Toxoplasmosis/DIAGNOSIS  CLINICAL
       TRIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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