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Prevalence, outcome, and prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in neonates born to women with preconception immunity (CHILd study).

Daniele LilleriBeatrice TassisLorenza PugniAndrea RonchiCarlo PietrasantaArsenio SpinilloAlessia ArossaCristian AchillePatrizia VerganiSara OrnaghiSilvia RiboniPaolo CavorettoMassimo CandianiGerarda GaetaFederico PrefumoNicola FratelliAnna FicheraMichele VignaliAllegra Barbasetti Di PrunElisa FabbriIrene CetinAnna LocatelliSara ConsonniSimona RutoloElena MiottoValeria SavasiMaria Di GiminianiAntonella CromiSandro BindaLoretta FiorinaMilena FurioneGabriela CassinelliCatherine Klersynull null
Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Newborns from women with preconception immunity have a low rate of cCMV, which appears to be mostly due to reactivation of the latent virus. Therefore, serological screening in childbearing age would be pivotal to identify HCMV-seropositive women, whose newborns have a low risk of cCMV.
Keyphrases
  • low birth weight
  • gestational age
  • preterm infants
  • pregnant women
  • preterm birth
  • mental health
  • risk factors
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • insulin resistance