Table 4.

Comparison of the results of the present study with similar studies in Iran

Reference	Author	Age (mean age)	CMV PCR (%)	Result
(6)	Tabatabaee (2009)	26.1	NA	Among 1472 pregnant women, the rate of seropositivity was found as 97.69% and the rate of positive CMV-IgM was 4.35%.
(1)	Bagheri (2012)	28.72	NA	Among 240 pregnant women, 72.1% were positive for CMV-IgG during pregnancy. The rate of positive CMV-IgM was 2.5%.
(33)	Nabizadeh (2020)	14–45 (30 ± 7)	NA	Among 2726 pregnant women, the rates of anti-Cytomegalovirus IgG were found 99.7%. The rates of anti-Cytomegalovirus IgM were discovered in 16 cases (0.6%).
(34)	Rahimzadeh (2022)	17–51 (30.31±5.30)	NA	Among 1092 pregnant women, the percentage of participants with CMV IgM and IgG antibody titers above normal was 0.2% and 91.8%, respectively.
(35)	Sherkat (2014)	18–45	NA	Among 43 pregnant women, one case (2.3%) of positive anti-CMV IgM was detected in each group. Anti-CMV IgG positivity was more frequent in patients (90.6%).