Considering the detrimental effects of cCMV on affected children and families, the lack of treatment options, and the related health-care costs, the primary-care provider should focus on preventing ...
Congenital cytomegalovirus is the most common nongenetic cause of hearing loss in childhood, yet many parents do not know ...
CARROLLTON, Ga. - Visiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Mason Barnes is a pretty typical 3-year-old, who just happens to be wearing two cochlear implants. "He wakes up in the morning and he says, ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — “Our whole world got turned upside down in a matter of minutes,” said Matt Bloom, whose infant daughter was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus or Congenital CMV. The pregnancy, ...
On a spring day in the late 1980s, pediatrician Mark Schleiss was confronted with a difficult case: a months-old infant who had developed pneumonia. While many infants with pneumonia recover, this ...
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 ...
Administering hyperimmune globulin to pregnant women who tested positive for cytomegalovirus (CMV) did not reduce CMV infections or deaths among their fetuses or newborns, according to a randomized ...
New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School confirms that testing for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) at birth using the routinely collected dried blood spot (DBS) is a reliable and ...
—Building on the conclusions of prior studies, a new analysis further explores the association between congenital cytomegalovirus infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children. Reviewed by ...
Background. A high rate of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been documented in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed infants in industrialized settings, both in the pre- and post-highly ...
The National Congenital CMV Disease Registry assists nearly 600 families affected by CMV by providing a way to exchange information and by offering help and support to one another. When you join or ...