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Updated: Jan 15 2017

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (Pediatric)

Introduction
  • Most common congenital infection
  • TORCH infection (Toxoplasmosis, Other [Syphilis], Rubella, CMV, and Herpes)
  • Transmitted via body fluids including
    • respiratory droplet
    • blood transfusion
    • sexual contact
    • breast milk
  • Epidemiology
    • 70% of adults in the United States have been infected 
    • transmission occurs in 1% of all births 
    • 10% of infected infants manifest congenital defects of varying severity
    • 10% of asymptomatic but infected infants develop neurologic sequelae later
  • See Infectious Diseases, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) 
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