Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Children of Seropositive Women

• Main Authors: Ines Mack (Author), Marie-Anne Burckhardt (Author), Ulrich Heininger (Author), Friederike Prüfer (Author), Sven Schulzke (Author), Sven Wellmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most frequent congenital virus infection worldwide. The risk of congenital CMV (cCMV) transmission is highest in seronegative women who acquire primary CMV infection during pregnancy. A growing body of evidence indicates that secondary CMV infections in pregnant women wi...