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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 102, No. 4: 327-330
Copyright © 1975 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION: A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC COMPARISON OF NUNS AND WOMEN FROM A VENEREAL DISEASE CLINIC

LARRY E. DAVIS1, JOHN A. STEWART2 and SHANNON GARVIN3

1Formerly Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Epidemiology Program, CDC Atlanta, GA, assigned to the Virus Disease Section, EIP.Present address: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
2Perinatal Virology Branch, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare Atlanta, GA 30333
3Formerly Statistician, Statistical and Publication Services EIP

Davis. L. E. J. A. Stewart (Perinatal Virology Branch. CDC. USPHS. DHEW.Atlanta, GA 30333). and S. Garvin. Cytomegalovirus infection: a seroepidemiologic comparison of nuns and women from a venereal disease clinic. Am J Epidemiol 102:327–330.1975.

A seroepidemiologic study of prevalence of antibody to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was simultaneously done in four populations: group II, nuns working as nurses or school teachers; group II, women admitted to an upper socioeconomic private hospital; group III, women admitted to a lower socioeconomic county hospital; and group IV, women attending a veneral disease clinic. Groups II, III and IV were not statistically different and showed an abrupt rise in antibody prevalence during young adulthood. Group I, however, did not show the expected abrupt rise in antibody prevalence during young adulthood, and the prevalence inthis group was significantly lower than that in the other three groups at all but the oldest age range. These differences could not be accounted for by race, socioeconomic statusor respiratory exposure to CMV. The data suggest that there may be more than one mechanism of CMV transmission and that venereal or intimate salivary contact may be a significantmode of spread in adults.

antibodies, viral; cytomegaloviruses; epidemiology; veneral diseases


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