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May 1, 1978Acta Paediatrica

CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS Virological and Clinical Studies on a Swedish Infant Population

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Population

661 Swedish children under one year of age admitted to a paediatric hospital, and a retrospective cohort of…

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KAKarin AhlforsLund UniversitySISten A. IvarssonLund UniversityTJT. JohnssonSwedish Institute

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Implication

Postnatal CMV acquisition rises rapidly after birth; leaves open whether targeted screening improves outcomes in neonates.

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Population
661 Swedish children under one year of age admitted to a paediatric hospital, and a retrospective cohort of 18,695 children born during a six-year period.
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Outcome
Frequency of cytomegalovirus and its clinical significance

The study highlights the frequency of CMV infection in Swedish infants, showing an increase from 1% at birth to 20-25% after one month of age, with most early infections being subclinical.

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Ahlfors et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f430a31a3df824327ad4ehttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb16328.x
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