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. 2007 Nov;13(11):1791-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1311.061289.

Primary versus nonprimary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy, Israel

Galia Rahav  1 , Rinat Gabbay, Asher Ornoy, Svetlana Shechtman, Judith Arnon, Orna Diav-Citrin
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Primary versus nonprimary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy, Israel

Galia Rahav et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

We examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83x higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease was diagnosed in both infection groups at similar rates.

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