Prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Nigeria: A pilot study

Bolajoko O. Olusanya; Tina M. Slusher; Suresh B. Boppana

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000555

Prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Nigeria: A pilot study

Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Tina M. Slusher, Suresh B. Boppana

Pediatrics - Pediatric Critical Care

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Abstract

Dried saliva specimens from 263 neonates in Lagos, Nigeria, were tested for cytomegalovirus (CMV) using real-time polymerase chain reaction. The results for 10 infants (3.8%, 95% confidence interval, 2.1-6.8) were found to be positive. Congenital CMV infection was not associated with any of the demographic or maternal factors including HIV. These data demonstrate the high prevalence of congenital CMV infection and the feasibility of CMV screening by real-time polymerase chain reaction testing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	322-324
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000555
State	Published - Mar 4 2015

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congenital CMV
developing country
newborn screening
saliva PCR

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