Survey of a Neonatal Population for the Prevalence of Cytomegalovirus

A neonatal population of 542 was tested for cytomegaloviruria. 293 were normally grown and full term, 172 normally grown but premature, and 77 were undergrown. Two normally grown term infants and one premature were excreting the virus (o.55%). Only one, a normally grown term infant, had signs of classical cytomegalic inclusion disease. None of the undergrown infants was infected.