Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel

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
Subjects:
Cytomegalovirus
pregnancy
primary infection
nonprimary infection
dispatch
Israel
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/06-1289_article

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