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SUBMITTER: Emery VC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5310379 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emery Vincent C VC Lazzarotto Tiziana T
F1000Research 20170214
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains a leading cause of disability in children. Understanding the pathogenesis of infection from the mother via the placenta to the neonate is crucial if we are to produce new interventions and provide supportive mechanisms to improve the outcome of congenitally infected children. In recent years, some major goals have been achieved, including the diagnosis of primary maternal CMV infection in pregnant women by using the anti-CMV IgG avidity test and the diagn ...[more]