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Retrospective diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection at a school for the deaf by using preserved dried umbilical cord.
- Source :
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The Journal of pediatrics [J Pediatr] 2009 Nov; Vol. 155 (5), pp. 749-51. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- A retrospective diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection was made for 3 of 26 students (12%) with either bilateral profound or severe sensorineural hearing loss at a School for the Deaf in Japan by detecting viral DNA with real-time polymerase chain reaction from dried umbilical cords that had been preserved at home.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Child
Cytomegalovirus Infections complications
DNA, Viral analysis
Female
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural etiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Japan epidemiology
Male
Neonatal Screening
Persons With Hearing Impairments
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Assessment
Students
Time Factors
Cytomegalovirus isolation & purification
Cytomegalovirus Infections congenital
Cytomegalovirus Infections diagnosis
Fetal Blood virology
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural diagnosis
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097-6833
- Volume :
- 155
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19840618
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.033