prevalence of cmv antibodies among women of childbearing age in different social environments in southern israel. | the prevalence rate of igg antibodies to cytomegalovirus (cmv) was determined in a sample of 567 women of childbearing age in the southern part of israel by the immunoperoxidase assay to membrane antigen (ipama) technique. urban jewish women of afro-asian origin showed significantly higher rates of seropositivity than urban jewish women of european-american origin (80% vs 65%, respectively, p less than 0.001), closely resembling the level of cmv seropositivity found in afro-asian and european-am ... | 1988 | 2828530 |