Are female daycare workers at greater risk of cytomegalovirus infection? A secondary data analysis of CMV seroprevalence between 2010 and 2013 in Hamburg, Germany

Are female daycare workers at greater risk of cytomegalovirus infection? A secondary data analysis of CMV seroprevalence between 2010 and 2013 in Hamburg, Germany

Background: Close contact with asymptomatic children younger than three years is a risk factor for a primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. In pregnant women, such primary infection increases the risk of CMV-induced feto- or embryopathy. Daycare providers have therefore implemented working restric...

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Main Authors: Stranzinger, Johanna, Kozak, Agnessa, Schilgen, Benjamin, Paris, Diana, Nießen, Thomas, Schmidt, Lutz, Wille, Andreas, Wagner, Norbert L., Nienhaus, Albert
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016-04-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
daycare workers (DCWs)
daycare providers
nursery educators
CMV infection
female blood donors
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2016-11/dgkh000269.shtml

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