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Birth Prevalence and Natural History of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in a Highly Seroimmune Population
Author(s) -
Marisa Márcia MussiPinhata,
Aparecida Yulie Yamamoto,
Rosangela Moura Brito,
Myriam de Lima Isaac,
Patrícia Frizo de Carvalho e Oliveira,
Suresh B. Boppana,
William J. Britt
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/600882
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , seroprevalence , pediatrics , hearing loss , population , incidence (geometry) , sensorineural hearing loss , human cytomegalovirus , confidence interval , betaherpesvirinae , immunology , antibody , viral disease , herpesviridae , serology , virus , physics , audiology , environmental health , optics
The natural history of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is scarcely known in populations with high maternal CMV seroprevalence. This study evaluated the birth prevalence, clinical findings at birth, and hearing outcome in CMV-infected children from such a population.

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