Research Article

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections Mother-Newborn Pair Study in Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Maternal STIs and CMV seropositivity with newborn congenital CMV infection.

CharacteristicsTotal (N  =  593) n (%)Newborn CMV-positive (N  =  14) n (%) value

CMV IgM
 Positive49 (8.3)14 (28.6)<0.001
 Negative544 (91.7)0 (0)
CMV IgG
 Positive532 (89.7)14 (2.6)0.381
 Negative61 (10.3)0 (0)
Any curable STIs (n = 348)
 Positive49 (14.1)4 (8.2)0.016
 Negative299 (85.9)5 (1.7)