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CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN MELBOURNE CHILDREN *
Author(s) -
JACK I.,
TURNER ELIZABETH K.,
DANKS D. M.,
MADDISON T. G.,
COLEBATCH J. H.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1967.tb01686.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , in utero , cytomegalovirus infection , pediatrics , disease , cytomegalovirus infections , presentation (obstetrics) , human cytomegalovirus , pregnancy , viral disease , el niño , virus , immunology , herpesviridae , obstetrics , fetus , pathology , biology , genetics
SYNOPSIS Strains of cytomegalovirus, (CMV) have been isolated from 53 children and 2 adults in Melbourne during the 4 years to June 1966. Of these, 47 were children with various disease syndromes which we consider were in most cases caused by the virus; 6 children and 2 adults were apparently ‘well’family contacts of these children. In 29 children the infection was apparently contracted in utero, and in 7 others there was strong presumptive evidence that the infection was acquired after birth. The evidence was not sufficient to determine the time of infection in 11 children. This report comprises a presentation and discussion of the clinical features and the laboratory methods and findings.