The “silent” global burden of congenital cytomegalovirus

S Manicklal, VC Emery, T Lazzarotto… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Role of cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG avidity testing in diagnosing primary CMV infection during pregnancy

HE Prince, M Lapé-Nixon - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The risk of intrauterine transmission of cytomegalovirus (CMV) during pregnancy is much
greater for women who contract primary CMV infection after conception than for women with …

The contribution of cytomegalovirus infection to immune senescence is set by the infectious dose

A Redeker, EBM Remmerswaal… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The relationship between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections and accelerated
immune senescence is controversial. Whereas some studies reported a CMV-associated …

CMV immune evasion and manipulation of the immune system with aging

SE Jackson, A Redeker, R Arens, D van Baarle… - Geroscience, 2017 - Springer
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes numerous proteins and microRNAs that function
to evade the immune response and allow the virus to replicate and disseminate in the face …

The perinatal infection of cytomegalovirus is an important etiology for biliary atresia in China

Y Xu, J Yu, R Zhang, Y Yin, J Ye, L Tan… - Clinical …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims. The aims of this study were to detect the infection rates of DNA viruses in liver tissue of
biliary atresia and to investigate the effect of perinatal infection of cytomegalovirus in biliary …

Viral inoculum dose impacts memory T‐cell inflation

A Redeker, SPM Welten, R Arens - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Memory T‐cell inflation develops during certain persistent viral infections and is
characterized by the accumulation and maintenance of large numbers of effector‐memory T …

[HTML][HTML] Modified ELISA for antibody avidity evaluation: the need for standardization

VA Correa, TS Rodrigues, AI Portilho, GT de Lima… - biomedical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibody avidity is an important parameter to evaluate immune response, being useful to
evaluate vaccine responses and helping to distinguish acute and latent infection. The …

Cytomegalovirus seroprevalence in pregnant women and association with adverse pregnancy/neonatal outcomes in Jiangsu Province, China

S Zhang, L Hu, J Chen, B Xu, YH Zhou, Y Hu - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background In this study, we aimed to determine the provincial population-based
seroprevalence in pregnant women and to further explore the association of maternal CMV …

Integrated immune monitoring of HCMV infection in pregnant women with complications and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes

HC Palav, G Bhonde, V Padwal, S Velhal, J Pereira… - Microbial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is associated with bad obstetric history (BOH)
and adverse pregnancy outcomes (APO). Here, we characterized antiviral humoral profiles …

Cytomegalovirus infection among pregnant women in Beijing: seroepidemiological survey and intrauterine transmissions

Q Jin, J Su, S Wu - Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 2017 - koreascience.kr
Primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy can cause congenital defects.
Available data for CMV infection during pregnancy in north China are inadequate. The aim …