Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in High-Risk Canadian Infants: Report of a Pilot Screening Study

Autor: Wendy Vaudry, Rhonda J Rosychuk, Bonita E Lee, Po Yin Cheung, XL Pang, Jutta K Preiksaitis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp e12-e19 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1712-9532
DOI: 10.1155/2010/942874
Popis: OBJECTIVES: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common congenital infection; however, the epidemiology in Canada has not been recently examined. The present prospective study pilots tools for a population-based study of cCMV infection in Canada by determining the maternal seroprevalence and risk factors, the clinical characteristics and the incidence of cCMV using a variety of diagnostic tests in a cohort of high-risk infants in northern Alberta.
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