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SUBMITTER: Figueiredo CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7458071 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Figueiredo Carla Grasso CG Luchs Adriana A Durigon Edison Luiz EL Oliveira Danielle Bruna Leal de DBL Silva Vanessa Barbosa da VBD Mello Ralyria Melyria RM Afonso Ana Maria Sardinha AMS Oliveira Maria Isabel de MI
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 20200803
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections remain a neglected public health issue. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the frequency of HCMV congenital infections in newborns up to 1 month in the Sao Paulo State, from 2010 to 2018. The molecular characterization of HCMV-positive samples was also undertaken. Urine samples from 275 potential congenital HCMV-infected patients were tested by real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR). HCMV-positive samples were amplified by conventional PCR ta ...[more]