Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil evaluated by PCR and association with perinatal aspects
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common congenital infection, affecting 0.4% to 2.3% newborns. Most of them are asymptomatic at birth, but later 10% develop handicaps, mainly neurological disturbances. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of CMV shed in urine of newborns from a neonata...
Main Authors: | SANTOS Daniel Vítor V., SOUZA Maria Margarida R., GONÇALVES Sérgio Henrique L., COTTA Ana Cristina S., MELO Lorenza A. O., ANDRADE Gláucia M. Q., BRASILEIRO-FILHO Geraldo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2000-01-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652000000300003 |
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