Congenital cytomegalovirus infections in sub-Saharan Africa - a neglected and growing problem

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 996-998

  Bates, Matthew ^a,b   Tembo, John ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Congenital; Cytomegalovirus; HIV; Infection; Neonate

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BREAST MILK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD HEALTH; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVE BIRTH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEARING LOSS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; REINFECTION; SALIVA; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URINE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

AFRICA; CONGENITAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HIV; INFECTION; NEONATE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84903625687     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12317     Document Type: Editorial

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