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Original Research

Authors

Zaker Bostanabad   S. (*)
Rahimi   M.K. (1)
Mahdavi   M. (2)
Pourazar‎   Sh. (3)






(*) Biological Sciences Faculty, Parand Branch, Isalmic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
(1) ‎Medicine Faculty, Tehran Medical Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
(2) ‎Molecular Department‎, Khatam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
(3) ‎Molecular Department‎, ‎“Masoud Lab” and “Sarem Women’s Hospital”‎, Tehran, Iran

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Article History

Received:   February  20, 2014
Accepted:   May 19, 2016
ePublished:   June 15, 2017

ABSTRACT

Aims Cytomegalovirus is a major cause of congenital abnormalities, mental retardation, ‎abortion and neonatal infections. The aim of this study was to determine the ‎prevalence of CMV in amniotic fluid by PCR method and to compare it between the ‎patients with abortion and women with normal delivery.‎
Materials & Methods This case-control and descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 120 women ‎referred to Amiralmomenin, Javaheri and Bouali hospitals in 2010. The women ‎were studied in two case (n=60) and a control (n=60) groups including the ‎mothers with abortions and mothers with normal delivery, respectively. The ‎information of the participants was collected using a questionnaire and a PCR ‎method was used for microbiological examination for CMV. Data were analyzed ‎by SPSS 13 using chi-square test.‎
Findings Totally, the PCR results were positive in 16 (13.3%) patients. In the case group, ‎‎26.7% of the women had a history of CMV. The PCR results were negative for the ‎control group. Totally, the prevalence of CMV was 13.3%. In the case group, ‎‎61.7% of patients had no abortion history, 30.0% had one abortion and 8.3% had ‎two abortions, previously. In the case group, abortions occurred before 20 weeks ‎of gestation in 21.7% of women and 78.3% of abortions occurred after 21 weeks ‎of pregnancy. There was a significant relationship between the incidence of CMV ‎and the number of abortions in the mothers and abortion time.‎
Conclusion Due to the importance of rapid and correct diagnosis of pathogens before ‎emergence of its complications, the molecular method can be useful for the ‎purpose and even for the low level of pathogenicity‎

Keywords: CMV‎, Abortion‎, PCR‎,

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