Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Is Underdiagnosed in British Columbia

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 316-317

  Sorichetti, Brendan ^a,b   Goshen, Oran ^a,b   Pauwels, Julie ^a,b   Kozak, Frederick K ^a,b   Tilley, Peter ^a,b   Krajden, Mel ^b,c   Gantt, Soren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BC British Columbia; BCCDC BC Centers for Disease Control; cCMV Congenital cytomegalovirus infection; CMV Cytomegalovirus; PCR Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SYMPTOMATIC CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84959320393     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.069     Document Type: Article

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