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Seroepidemiology of human herpesvirus-6 in pregnant women from different parts of the world

✍ Scribed by Dr. S. Ranger; S. Patillaud; F. Denis; A. Himmich; A. Sangare; S. M'Boup; A. Itoua-N'Gaporo; M. Prince-David; R. Chout; R. Cevallos; H. Agut

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
524 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0146-6615

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The prevalence of HHV‐6 IgG was studied in 11 different countries across several continents: Morocco, Burkina‐Faso, Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Ecuador, Martinique, and France. The study group consisted of 550 pregnant women, representative of the general adult population in each country. Antibodies were detected by immunofluorescence assay on HSB‐2 cells infected with HHV‐6. Each serum was tested at nine dilutions (1:20 to 1:5,120), sera β‰₯20 being considered positive. For the HSB‐2 cells. Great differences were seen between separate areas: Morocco showed both low prevalence (20%) and a low geometric mean titer (12), whereas sub‐Saharan Africa displayed high prevalences (60% to 90%) and variable geometric mean titers (34 to 229). This study revealed a prevalence of 92% for Ecuador, signifcantly higher than the prevalence for Martinique (50%), yet both countries had very low antibody titers compared with those found in Africa. The prevalence in France (76%) was similar to previous results from other European countries.

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