Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control102218832640685Research ArticleNeospora caninum infection and repeated abortions in humans.PetersenE.ep@ssi.dkLebechM.JensenL.LindP.RaskM.BaggerP.BjörkmanC.UgglaA.Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.Mar-Apr199952278280

To determine whether Neospora caninum, a parasite known to cause repeated abortions and stillbirths in cattle, also causes repeated abortions in humans, we retrospectively examined serum samples of 76 women with a history of abortions for evidence of N. caninum infection. No antibodies to the parasite were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence assay, or Western blot.