Title: Suppression of Cell Mediated Immunity to Cytomegalovirus and Tuberculin in Pregnancy Employing the Leukocyte Migration Inhibition Test
Abstract: Abstract To clarify the mechanism of reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy, cell mediated immunity to CMV was investigated in 108 pregnant and 29 postpartal women employing the leukocyte migration inhibition technique. It was demonstrated that CMV‐specific cell mediated immunity was suppressed as gestation progressed in 20% of the seropositive women during the first trimester, in 78% during the second trimester and in all at term. The suppression of cell mediated immunity during pregnancy ceased 8 weeks after parturition. The results suggested that reactivation of CMV in pregnancy was probably caused by the suppression of CMV‐specific cell mediated immunity.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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