We prospectively evaluated the rate of postnatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) transmission through breast milk in extremely premature infants to address the impact of CMV infection on preterm infants during ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

Premature infants, especially those born with very low-birth-weight, are particularly vulnerable to cytomegalovirus infection because of their immature immune systems. Maternal breast milk is a ...

Babies born with a cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection or congenital cytomegalovirus can be at higher risk for serious complications. Congenital CMV is the leading cause of non-genetic hearing loss and ...

Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is associated with morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–exposed infants. We assessed the effect of and relative contribution of breastfeeding ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this virus?” is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than ...

Mothers with intrauterine transmission of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) to their newborns despite preconception immunity had higher levels of neutralizing antibodies but had weaker antibody-dependent ...

Background and aims: Breastmilk induced cytomegalovirus (CMV) transmission can cause symptomatic disease in the extremely preterm infant (EPI). The aim of this study was to evaluate if routine ...

Cytomegalovirus Short-term pasteurization of breast milk may reduce the incidence of postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus infection through breast milk. Short-term pasteurization of breast milk may ...

Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 57, Supplement 4. Prenatal Therapy of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection (15 December 2013), pp. S189-S192 (4 pages) Reported maternal-to-fetal rates of primary ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareEvolution is excited to announce that enrollment through its clinical research platform, MyDataHelps, has opened for a groundbreaking study on cytomegalovirus ...

Cytomegalovirus belongs to the same virus family, _Herpesviridae_, as cold sores and chickenpox. Callista Images/Image Source via Getty Images So if most people are unlikely to get sick from CMV at ...