Transmission of cytomegalovirus via breast milk to the prematurely born infant: A systematic review

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1172-1178

  Kurath, S ^a   Halwachs Baumann, G ^b   Muller W ^a   Resch, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Hospital of Steyr   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cytomegalovirus; Epidemiology; Outcome; Preterm infant; Transmission

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COGNITION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNODETECTION; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 77955140722     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03140.x     Document Type: Article

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