Primary versus nonprimary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy, Israel.

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

We examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83x higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease was diagnosed in both infection groups at similar rates.

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most frequent congenital infection and a common cause of deafness and intellectual impairment, affecting 0.5%-2.5% of all live births (1-3). Intrauterine infection ...

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