Feasibility, performances and predictive value of congenital CMV neonatal screening on saliva swabs.

Vincent Portet SullaBarkwendé KaboreRana RafekAmal ChaghouriGwenaëlle DecombeJulia Lubrano Di CicconeLina MounaEmmanuelle Letamendia-RichardChristelle Vauloup-Fellous

Published in: Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology (2024)

Our results confirm that saliva swab is a suitable sample for universal neonatal screening. However, identifying newborns that will develop sequelae remains an issue in the management of cCMVI.

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pregnant women
preterm infants