Among 10 infants with SNHL, 6 (60%) were born to mothers with nonprimary CMV infection. Conclusions: Even in populations with near universal immunity to CMV, congenital CMV infection is a ...

CMV produces neurological disease predominantly in infants with congenital infection. Although most congenital CMV infections are asymptomatic, many carriers develop sensorineural hearing loss and ...

Minnesota's new universal newborn screening program for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) identified infants with neurologic abnormalities and those at risk for permanent hearing loss who otherwise ...

When contracted during pregnancy, CMV infection can affect the fetus. This occurs in about one in 200 pregnancies and about ...

The Pediatric Division of Infectious Diseases provides outpatient and inpatient care for infants ... and the epidemiology of adolescent infections Cytomegalovirus - pathogenesis and transmission ...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has teamed up with an American biotech company to develop the first commercial vaccine for cytomegalovirus (CMV), which kills or disables tens of thousands of ...

including looking at viral load as a predictor for hearing loss in infants with congenital cytomegalovirus. She is interested in infection control and antibiotic stewardship, particularly in the ...