Multicity Italian study of congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-159

  Barbi, Maria ^a   Binda, Sandro ^a   Caroppo, Simona ^a   Calvario, Agata ^b   Germinario, Cinzia ^b   Bozzi, Anna ^b   Tanzi, Maria Luisa ^c   Veronesi, Licia ^c   Mura, Ida ^d   Piana, Andrea ^d   Solinas, Giuliana ^d   Pugni, Lorenza ^e   Bevílaqua, Giulio ^c   Mosca, Fabio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Epidemiology; Guthrie card; Italy; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 32144432470     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000199261.98769.29     Document Type: Article

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