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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein H-based serological analysis in Japanese healthy pregnant women, and in neonates with congenital CMV infection and their mothers.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2013
Ikuta Kazufumi, Minematsu Toshio, Inoue Naoki, Kubo Takahiko, Asano Kimisato, Ishibashi Kei, Imamura Takashi, Nakai Hidetaka, Yoshikawa Tetsushi, Moriuchi Hiroyuki, Fujiwara Shigeyoshi, Koyano Shin, Suzutani Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is caused by maternal primary infection as well as CMV reinfection or reactivation during pregnancy, although differences in the clinical impact between these modes of infection remain to be clarified. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the latest prevalence and risk of multiple CMV infection in healthy pregnant women, as well as the types of maternal CMV infection...
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