Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus Among Pregnant Women at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Uganda: A Cross-sectional Study
Universally, by the time women in Kampala conceive, they will have been exposed to CMV. Women of lower socioeconomic status were more likely to have recent CMV infection than their more affluent counterparts, highlighting the need for screening guidelines in this setting.
Authors
- Joseph Peacock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-7377)
- Alexander Amone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5920-281X)
- Ritah Namugumya
- Agnes Ssali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-0411)
- Tim Old (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-2555)
- Carol Nanyunja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-4267)
- Paul T. Heath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7540-7433)
- Valerie Tusubira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-8755)
- Rowan W. Parks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-9516)
- Geraldine O’Hara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-9492)
- Hannah G Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9064-0874)
- Vicki Chalker
- Phiona Nalubega
- Caitlin Farley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5309-2991)
- Mary Kyohere
- Lauren Hookham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9703-655X)
- Kirsty Le Doaré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5104-085X)
- Konstantinos Karampatsas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5313-9482)
- Abdelmajid Djennad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-0331)
- Godfrey Matovu
- Melanie Etti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3265-635X)
- Moses Musooko
- Philippa Musoke
- Donna Shelley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-2577)
- Edward Portal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2142-3443)
- Madeleine Cochet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0436-4843)
- Maxensia Owor
- Cleophas Komugisha
- Scott Richard Beach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-9515)
- Musa Sekikubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-9650)
- Patience Atuhaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2662-0756)
- Margaret Sewegaba
- Tobius Mutabazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-1416)
- Stephen D. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-3751)
- Janet Seeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5272)
- Merryn Voysey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-6559)
- Annettee Nakimuli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-0243)
- O. Brad Spiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-6911)
- Emilie Karafillakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-906X)
- Pooja Ravji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-5538)
- Ellie Duckworth
- Rose Azuba
- Sam Kipyeko
- Richard V Katungye
- Agnes Nyamaizi
- Amusa Wamawobe
- Christine Najuka
- Katie Cowie
- Richard Katungye
Institutions
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UG)
- MUJHU Research Collaboration (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae604
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- St. George's, University of London