Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Israel: Screening in different subpopulations

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-240

  Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a,c   Reich, Dan ^b,d   Eidelman, Arthur I ^a,c   Schimmel, Michael S ^a,c   Hassanin, Jamal ^b,d   Miron, Dan ^b,d  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Israel; Newborn; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 17244368457     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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