Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection does not usually produce symptoms when it causes
primary infection, reinfection, or reactivation because these three types of infection are all …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hearing loss caused by congenital cytomegalovirus
(cCMV) infection was first observed in 1964. Today cCMV is the most common cause of …

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a leading cause of congenital infections worldwide. In the
developed world, following the virtual elimination of circulating rubella, it is the commonest …

Background Infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains asymptomatic in most
immunocompetent hosts, but is the leading cause of congenital viral infection worldwide and …

We reviewed studies that reported results of systematic cytomegalovirus (CMV) screening
on fetuses and/or live‐born infants. The overall birth prevalence of congenital CMV infection …

Background. Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection causes permanent disabilities in
more than 5500 children each year in the United States. The likelihood of congenital …

Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious agent causing congenital
sensorineural hearing loss and psychomotor retardation. CMV vaccine is currently …

Why certain viruses cross the physical barrier of the human placenta but others do not is
incompletely understood. Over the past 20 years, we have gained deeper knowledge of …

Pediatric vaccines have significantly reduced infectious disease–related infant mortality, but
as protective immunity often requires several infant vaccine doses, maternally acquired Abs …

The vaccines developed over the first two hundred years since Jenner's lifetime have
accomplished striking reductions of infection and disease wherever applied. Pasteur's early …