Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel

We examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83× higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease...

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Main Authors: Galia Rahav, Rinat Gabbay, Asher Ornoy, Svetlana Shechtman, Judith Arnon, Orna Diav-Citrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/06-1289_article
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author Galia Rahav
Rinat Gabbay
Asher Ornoy
Svetlana Shechtman
Judith Arnon
Orna Diav-Citrin
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description We examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83× higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease was diagnosed in both infection groups at similar rates.
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spelling doaj.art-f5981e54749a4f3d92a9e82c13d610942022-12-21T18:52:41ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592007-11-0113111791179310.3201/eid1311.061289Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, IsraelGalia RahavRinat GabbayAsher OrnoySvetlana ShechtmanJudith ArnonOrna Diav-CitrinWe examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83× higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease was diagnosed in both infection groups at similar rates.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/06-1289_articleCytomegaloviruspregnancyprimary infectionnonprimary infectiondispatchIsrael
spellingShingle Galia Rahav
Rinat Gabbay
Asher Ornoy
Svetlana Shechtman
Judith Arnon
Orna Diav-Citrin
Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Cytomegalovirus
pregnancy
primary infection
nonprimary infection
dispatch
Israel
title Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel
title_full Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel
title_fullStr Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel
title_full_unstemmed Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel
title_short Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel
title_sort primary versus nonprimary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy israel
topic Cytomegalovirus
pregnancy
primary infection
nonprimary infection
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Israel
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