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This study was conducted on 90 women aged 16- 41 years who attended the obstetric and gynaecologic unit at Kasr-El-Aini Hospital, Cairo University. Fifty of them were pregnant in their third trimester and 40 were non pregnant controls. Their sera were tested for the presence of IgG toxoplasma antibodies using IFA test. Cord blood from pregnant women at delivery was also tested. IgG positive cord blood was tested for IgM toxo-antibodies. Of 90 women 19 [21+ACU-] were seropositive for IgG toxo antibodies. There was no significant difference in seropositivity by age group. Of 33 women with history of spontaneous abortion 11 [33+ACU-] were seropositive as compared to 8 [14+ACU-] of 57 who had not [P less than 0.05] with no correlation between positive toxoplasma serologic status and status and stillbirth. Eleven of 50 pregnant women were IgG toxo antibodies positive. All gave birth to babies with IgG toxo antibodies and the titers for mothers and offsprings were comparable. All cord blood samples were negative for IgM toxo antibodies
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Imunoglobulina G , Aborto , Morte FetalRESUMO
This paper reports the results of cellular immunity [CI] of 25 hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] carriers recovered from acute hepatitis B virus infection [HBV]. CI was studied by in vitro lymphocyte culture stimulated with phytohemagglutinin [PHA]. The lymphocyte blastogenic responses were measured daily for seven days and the maximum peak days were correlated to liver histology picture done nine months following recovery. Of the patients who had the blastogenic response peak on day six, 56 percent had normal liver histology and 36 percent had chronic persistent hepatitis [CPH]. Those who peaked on day four [8%], developed chronic active hepatitis [CAH]. These results suggest that the pattern of response of lymphocytes to PHA stimulation could be useful in determining the prognosis of HBsAg carriers