Chiang W.T.Chen H.-M.CHANG-YAO HSIEHTsai W.S.Wei P.Y.Alexander E.R.2020-11-272020-11-2719810020-7292https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0019519790&doi=10.1016%2f0020-7292%2881%2990059-X&partnerID=40&md5=7a3445e5b66251da7746f15668c4f2a1https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/522832Thirty-three women were examined on three or more occasions, each at 2-month intervals. The overall recovery rate of cytomegalovirus (CMV) was 28% (60/215). CMV was recovered from 53% of the cases where the local antibody was 1 : 64 or greater but the greatest difference occurred below titers of 1 : 32. Below that level virus was recovered in less than 5%, compared to a prevalence of 35% for cases with a titer of 1 : 32 (P less than 0.001). Twenty-eight cases in whom CMV was sought underwent colposcopy examination and had cytologic smears examined by the papanicolaou method. The external uterine cervix with columnar cells only yield a CMV prevalence of 3/17 (18%). However, if colposcopy showed either atypical transformation or metaplasia the prevalence was 4/11 (36%). Similarly, it is provocative that the prevalence of CMV appears to increase with abnormal cytologic findings to 33% recovery in severe dysplasia or carcinoma in situ.[SDGs]SDG3journal article10.1016/0020-7292(81)90059-X61208632-s2.0-0019519790