According to the CDC, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States and can have lifelong ...

Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in ...

A CMV infection is particularly devastating for a fetus, and can cause issues such as cerebral palsy, ... “Congenital CMV is often a progressive disease,” Gibson said.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most common human herpesviruses, infecting nearly half of the adult population in the US. Vertical transmission can occur during pregnancy, and congenital CMV ...

Congenital CMV, or cCMV, ... Infections like CMV spread easily among children in settings where group play, meals and diaper changes become daily opportunities for transmission.

This leads to the development of congenital CMV infection,” explained Dr Deorukhkar. The virus stays in certain myeloid cells, which come from the bone marrow after its transmission.

A new law that went into affect Tuesday will now screen all babies born in Connecticut for Congenital Cytomegalovirus, or CMV. The virus is the number one cause of non-genetic ...

My daughter Lily Belle was born on Sept. 6, 2011, weighing just under 5 pounds. She spent her first seven weeks in the NICU ...

Among 121 infants with congenital CMV infection, 12 (10%) had clinical findings at birth that were consistent with symptomatic congenital infection, 5 had multisystem disease (1 died within the ...

Children born with a common viral infection are nearly 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a new study finds. Cytomegalovirus is part of the herpes family of ...

The prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection at birth ranges from 0.2 to 2.2% and is higher in low-income communities. Approximately 10% of affected infants are symptomatic at ...

From February 2023, when the program began, to February 2024, 184 cases of congenital CMV infection or disease were identified among 60,115 infants screened using dried blood spot polymerase chain ...