Congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a serious health problem. The obstacles for limiting this infection are the lack of public awareness on this issue, especially owing to the asymptomatic nature of CMV infections, the inefficacy of therapy, and the unsuccessful vaccine trials to date. It...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2010-09, Vol.1205 (1), p.144-147
Hauptverfasser: Syggelou, Angeliki, Iacovidou, N., Kloudas, S., Christoni, Z., Papaevangelou, V.
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Sprache:eng
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congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus - physiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections - complications
Cytomegalovirus Infections - congenital
Cytomegalovirus Infections - diagnosis
Cytomegalovirus Infections - epidemiology
deafness
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - diagnosis
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - epidemiology
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - therapy
Infections
Pregnancy
psychomotor development
Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a serious health problem. The obstacles for limiting this infection are the lack of public awareness on this issue, especially owing to the asymptomatic nature of CMV infections, the inefficacy of therapy, and the unsuccessful vaccine trials to date. It is therefore important to organize the current data to estimate the results and to report that the development of a vaccine against CMV must be of the highest priority.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05649.x