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Detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in dried blood spots of Minnesota infants who do not pass newborn hearing screening.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Dec 2009
Choi K Yeon, Schimmenti Lisa A, Jurek Anne M, Sharon Bazak, Daly Kathy, Khan Cindy, McCann Mark, Schleiss Mark R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Up to 15% of infants with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection will experience some degree of sensorineural hearing loss. Many infants who fail newborn hearing screening (NHS) are likely to have congenital CMV infection, but may escape definitive virologic identification because diagnostic evaluation may not commence until several weeks or months of age, making differentiation...
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