Why the study?
Can women at risk of having babies infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) be identified antenatally?
Population
3315 pregnant women and 2737 of their babies at a teaching hospital in London
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
antenatal to birth
Authors
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Early-pregnancy CMV serology fails to identify at-risk women; leaves open whether alternative strategies can detect congenital infection antenatally.
Can women at risk of having babies infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) be identified antenatally?
Antenatal serological screening for CMV cannot reliably identify fetuses at risk of disease, indicating that routine screening for asymptomatic maternal infection is not recommended.
Griffiths et al. (1991) studied this question.
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