cytomegalovirus (cmv) Archives

Hyperimmune Globulin Fails to Prevent Congenital CMV Infection

07/28/2021

Administering hyperimmune globulin to pregnant women who tested positive for cytomegalovirus (CMV) did not reduce CMV infections or deaths among their fetuses or newborns in a randomized controlled trial. The study was published online July 28 in The New England Journal of Medicine. Up to 40,000 infants a year have congenital CMV infections, which can lead to stillbirth, neonatal death, […]

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Ocular Abnormalities Not Likely in Newborns of SARS-CoV-2-infected Mothers

04/09/2021

(Reuters Health) – Unlike pathogens such as Cytomegalovirus and Zika, SARS-CoV-2 is not likely to cause ocular problems in newborns whose mothers were infected with the virus during pregnancy, a new case series suggests. In an analysis of data from 165 infants born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, researchers found that just six newborns had positive PCR findings for SARS-CoV-2, and […]

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