Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) among Women with Macerated Stillbirth: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study from Mwanza, Tanzania.
Helmut A NyawaleElieza ChibweFridolin MujuniLidya MaigaAlbert SilvinAlda Ester ChongoBertrand MsemwaVitus SilagoMtebe MajigoDoreen KamoriStephan E MshanaMariam M MiramboPublished in: Journal of pregnancy (2022)
Significant proportion of women with macerated stillbirth residing in urban and with low age have HCMV and HSV antibodies, respectively. This calls for the need to consider introducing screening of these infections in the Tanzanian antenatal package and further studies to explore the role of these viruses in causing stillbirth in Tanzania.