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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 119, No. 2: 238-243
Copyright © 1984 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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EARLY ACQUISITION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODIES IN COMMUNAL SETTLEMENTS (KIBBUTZIM) IN ISRAEL

ABRAHAM MORAG1, JACOB ZILBERG2 and EITAN MARVA1

1Division of Clinical Virology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Israel
2Ganesh Sick Fund Hamadia, Israel

Morag, A. (Dlv. of Clinical Virology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, israel), J. Zilberg and E. Marva. Early acquisition of cytomegalovirus antibodies in communal settlements (kibbutzim) in israel. Am J Epidemiol 1984; 119: 238–43.

The kibbutzim (communal settlements) in israel are unique societies. Although socioeconomic status is above average and hygienic conditions are usually excellent, infants in these communities living together in nurseries acquire infection with cytomegalovlrus and Epstein-Barr virus at an early age. We have studied the occurrence of specific immunoglobulin G (igG) and immunogtobulln M (igM) antibodies to cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in a kibbutz in northern israel where many of the infants and young children, living in adjacent nurseries, have suffered for weeks or months from respiratory tract illnesses. Evidence of recent or past infection with cytomegalovirus was found in all children younger than 24 months of age, while most of them did not have antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus. The latter were found in 45% of children aged 3–12 years. Similar evidence suggesting earlier acquisition of cytomegalovirus infection and immunity than of Epstein-Barr virus infection was also found in several other kibbutzim. The evidence presented suggests a different mode of transmission for cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in the younger age groups.

antibodies, viral; cytomegaloviruses; Epstein-Barr virus


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