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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
IgM-Antibodies against T. Pallidum Detected in Sera from Mothers of Stillborn Babies in Mozambique by the Solid-Phase Haemadsorption Assay (SPHA)
International Journal of STD and AIDS, Volume 3, No. 5, Year 1992
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Serum samples taken at the delivery from 27 syphilitic mothers in Mozambique, 16 with stillborn babies and 11 with healthy babies were tested upon presence of IgM antibodies against T. pallidum by the solid-phase haemadsorption assay (SPHA). Fourteen out of the 16 serum samples from mothers with stillborn babies but only one out of the 11 samples from mothers with healthy babies were found positive by the SPHA test. Clinical signs indicative of syphilis are difficult to find in the Maputo area as there were more than 40 000 annual births and only five obstetricians when the study was carried out. It is believed that the findings may indicate those mothers who were serologically positive with the SPHA test had clinically active syphilis and that syphilis might be the cause or a contributory cause of death in 14 of the stillborn babies. The SPHA test was easy to perform and we recommend its adoption by laboratories with facilities to perform the TPHA test. © 1992, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hederstedt, Bengt
Sweden, Stockholm
National Bacteriological Laboratory Stockholm
Liljestrand, Jerker
Sweden, Karlstad
Karlstad Central Hospital
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Bergström, Staffan E.
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Sweden, Uppsala
Akademiska Sjukhuset
Axemo, Pia
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Sweden, Uppsala
Akademiska Sjukhuset
Nieuwenhuis, Frans
Mozambique, Maputo
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Statistics
Citations: 5
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/095646249200300508
ISSN:
09564624
e-ISSN:
17581052
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Mozambique