The use of antiretroviral therapy in mothers and the newborn ... in the United States. While cytomegalovirus remains the most common cause of congenital infection in the United States, the ...

In most cases, a person with a healthy immune system can keep the CMV under control, making the infection harmless. “However, there is a risk of transmitting the infection to the unborn baby if ...

Kissing newborn babies may pose serious health risks due to the potential spread of infections like the CMV virus Expert emphasise that newborns have fragile immune systems making them particularly vu ...

These patients are particularly vulnerable to CMV infections due to their weakened immune systems. Recent research has focused on the use of letermovir, a medication designed to prevent CMV ...

[8] Early manifestations of congenital infection involve multiple body systems ... It is obviously important that newborns should never leave the hospital without the results of the maternal ...

With targeted screening, only infants who show symptoms or who do not pass their newborn hearing screening are screened for the infection. "Only a minority of babies with congenital CMV are ...

A group of researchers from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center have demonstrated the success of pooled saliva PCR testing for universal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus ...

A second major focus of our laboratory is the development of a small animal model of CNS disease associated with cytomegalovirus infections. We have exploited a finding that newborn mice infected with ...