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SUBMITTER: Smit GSA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smit G S A GSA Abrams S S Dorny P P Speybroeck N N Devleesschauwer B B Hutse V V Jansens H H Theeten H H Beutels P P Hens N N
Epidemiology and infection 20190101
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is endemic worldwide but its seroprevalence varies widely. The goal of this study was to estimate the age-specific seroprevalence of CMV infection in Belgium based on two cross-sectional serological datasets from 2002 and 2006. The seroprevalence was estimated relying on diagnostic test results based on cut-off values pre-specified by the manufacturers of the tests as well as relying on mixture models applied to continuous pathogen-specific immunoglobulin G antibo ...[more]