Preconceptional primary human cytomegalovirus infection and risk of congenital infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-787

  Revello, Maria Grazia ^a   Zavattoni, Maurizio ^a   Furione, Milena ^a   Fabbri, Elisa ^a   Gerna, Giuseppe ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NEWBORN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644927776     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500509     Document Type: Article

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