The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006 : a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence

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 antibody titre concentrations. The age-specific seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV), based on three... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Smit, Suzanne
Abrams, Steven
Dorny, Pierre
Speybroeck, Niko
Devleesschauwer, Brecht
Hutse, Veronik
Jansens, Hilde
Theeten, Heidi
Beutels, Philippe
Hens, Niel
Dokumenttyp: journalarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Schlagwörter: Medicine and Health Sciences / Mathematics and Statistics / Cytomegalovirus / hepatitis A virus / estimating age and birth cohort-specific seroprevalence / seroincidence / mixture modelling / WANING IMMUNITY / MIXTURE-MODELS / SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY / ANTIBODY / RUBELLA / PREVALENCE / VACCINATION / PERTUSSIS / EPIDEMIC / ENGLAND
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8608250

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 antibody titre concentrations. The age-specific seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV), based on three Belgian cross-sectional serological datasets from 1993, 2002 and 2006, was used as a comparator since individuals acquire lifelong immunity upon recovery, implying an increasing seroprevalence with age. The age group weighted overall CMV seroprevalence derived from the mixture model was 32% (95% confidence interval (CI) 31–34%) in 2002 and 31% (95% CI 30–32%) in 2006. We demonstrated that CMV epidemiology differs from the immunizing infection HAV. This was the first large-scale study of CMV and HAV serial datasets in Belgium, estimating seroprevalence specified by age and birth cohort.