Cytomegalovirus infection in the Netherlands: Seroprevalence, risk factors, and implications

Highlights • CMV seroprevalence in the Netherlands was 45%, which is relatively low. • The most prominent independent risk factors were age and non-Western origin. • Other risk groups were first generation migrants and persons with lower education. • Additional risk factors among Dutch people are fe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical virology 2015-02, Vol.63, p.53-58
Hauptverfasser:	Korndewal, M.J, Mollema, L, Tcherniaeva, I, van der Klis, F, Kroes, A.C.M, Oudesluys-Murphy, A.M, Vossen, A.C.T.M, de Melker, H.E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Allergy and Immunology Antibodies, Viral - blood Child Child, Preschool Communicable Disease Control - methods Congenital CMV infection Cross-Sectional Studies Cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Cytomegalovirus Infections - epidemiology Cytomegalovirus Infections - prevention & control Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Humans Immunoglobulin G - blood Infant Infectious Disease Male Middle Aged Netherlands - epidemiology Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies Seroepidemiology Seroprevalence Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • CMV seroprevalence in the Netherlands was 45%, which is relatively low. • The most prominent independent risk factors were age and non-Western origin. • Other risk groups were first generation migrants and persons with lower education. • Additional risk factors among Dutch people are female gender and contact with young children.
ISSN:	1386-6532 1873-5967
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcv.2014.11.033