Genotype distribution, viral load and clinical characteristics of infants with postnatal or congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Genotype distribution, viral load and clinical characteristics of infants with postnatal or congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

BACKGROUND:Congenital cytomegalovirus infection is a leading cause of long-term sequelae. Cytomegalovirus is also frequently transmitted to preterm infants postnatally, but these infections are mostly asymptomatic. A correlation between cytomegalovirus genotypes and clinical manifestations has been...

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Main Authors: Joppe Nijman, Femke S Mandemaker, Malgorzata A Verboon-Maciolek, Susan C Aitken, Anton M van Loon, Linda S de Vries, Rob Schuurman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182318?pdf=render

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