Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Burden and Epidemiologic Risk Factors in Countries With Universal Screening
Ssentongo P, Hehnly C, Birungi P, Roach M, Spady J, Fronterre C, Wang M, Murray-Kolb L, Al-Shaar L, Chinchilli V, Broach J, Ericson J, Schiff S. Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Burden and Epidemiologic Risk Factors in Countries With Universal Screening. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2120736. PMID: 34424308, PMCID: PMC8383138, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of cCMVHigh-income countriesBirth prevalenceUniversal screeningInfection burdenHIV prevalenceRisk factorsBlood samplesCommon congenital infectionMaternal CMV seroprevalenceCongenital cytomegalovirus infectionEpidemiologic risk factorsPooled overall prevalenceNewcastle-Ottawa ScaleSystematic Reviews databasesMeta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelinesPooled birth prevalenceMEDLINE/PubMedPreferred Reporting ItemsLow socioeconomic statusWorld Bank income levelsLower ratesCMV seroprevalenceCongenital infectionCohort study