Abstract
Some reports investigated specific antibody IgM of HSV in pregnant women and in the cord blood w x of their newborns 1,2 . In order to identify congenital infection of HSV, we used the ELISA technique to detect HSV specific antibodies IgG and IgM in pregnant women and their neonates. Consecutive women who were in labor at the participating hospital were eligible for participation in this study. The maternal serum and cord blood samples of newborns obtained at delivery were tested for specific antibodies IgG and IgM of HSV-1 and HSV-2. The ELISA method was used to detect specific antibodies IgG and IgM of HSV-1 and HSV-2, and the protocol of ELISA w x was modified according to references 1,2 . The results are shown in Table 1. Specific antibody IgG was detected in 66.7% and 69.1% of HSV-1 and HSV-2 of the samples, respectively.
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