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Cytomegalovirus DNA detection in dried blood spots and perilymphatic fluids from pediatric and adult cochlear implant recipients with prelingual deafness.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Feb 2013
de Vries Jutte J C, Vesseur Annemarie, Rotteveel Liselotte J C, Korver Anna M H, Rusman Lisette G, Wessels Els, Kroes Aloys C M, Mylanus Emmanuel A, Oudesluys-Murphy Anne M, Frijns Johan H M, Vossen Ann C T M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the leading cause of non-genetic congenital hearing loss. The contribution of congenital CMV to prelingual deafness and the pathophysiology is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE: (1) To analyze the prevalence of congenital CMV among cochlear implant (CI) recipients with prelingual deafness. (2) To genotype CMV present in dried blood spots (DBS) and in the inner...
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