%0 Journal Article
%T Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
%A John S. Schieffelin
%A Monika L. Dietrich
%J Archive of "The Ochsner Journal".
%D 2019
%R 10.31486/toj.18.0095
%X Background: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the leading cause of nongenetic congenital hearing loss in much of the world and a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disabilities. Infected babies can be born to women who are seropositive and seronegative prior to pregnancy, and the incidence is approximately 0.6%-0.7% in the United States. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and hearing loss can be delayed in onset and progressive
%K Congenital cytomegalovirus
%K cytomegalovirus
%K cytomegalovirus infections
%K hearing loss
%K valganciclovir
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584201/