Cytomegalovirus infection among tuberculosis patients in a chest hospital in Nigeria
OD Olaleye, SA Omilabu, SS Baba - … immunology, microbiology and …, 1990 - Elsevier
A serological study was carried out in Ibadan, Nigeria to determine the prevalence of
inapparent infection with cytomegalovirus among tuberculosis patients and its relation to the
epidemiology of the virus in this environment. A total of 360 sera from 161 tuberculosis
patients, 89 patients other than tuberculosis and 110 healthy voluntary blood donors were
examined for antibody to cytomegalovirus by the complement fixation test. One hundred and
forty-one (87.6%) of the tuberculosis patients, 45 (50.6%) patients other than tuberculosis …
inapparent infection with cytomegalovirus among tuberculosis patients and its relation to the
epidemiology of the virus in this environment. A total of 360 sera from 161 tuberculosis
patients, 89 patients other than tuberculosis and 110 healthy voluntary blood donors were
examined for antibody to cytomegalovirus by the complement fixation test. One hundred and
forty-one (87.6%) of the tuberculosis patients, 45 (50.6%) patients other than tuberculosis …