Article
Genotype distribution, viral load and clinical characteristics of infants with postnatal or congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Nijman Joppe, Mandemaker Femke S, Verboon-Maciolek Malgorzata A, Aitken Susan C, van Loon Anton M, de Vries Linda S, Schuurman Rob
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital cytomegalovirus infection is a leading cause of long-term sequelae. Cytomegalovirus is also frequently transmitted to preterm infants postnatally, but these infections are mostly asymptomatic. A correlation between cytomegalovirus genotypes and clinical manifestations has been reported previously in infants with congenital infection, but not in preterm infants with postnatal infection....
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