Healthcare costs of congenital cytomegalovirus (ccmv) disease in infants during the first two years of life: a retrospective german claims database analysis

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• who: Anna-Janina Stephan from the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) belongs to Herpesviridae, establishing lifelong persistence after primary infectionSeroprevalence in the general population is estimated to be, % [1]. CMV infections can cause serious damage to the fetus when infected during pregnancy and has been suggested to be associated with permanent sequelae including neurological damage, hearing loss, and microcephaly [2, ]. Congenital CMV (cCMV) infection has been reported to cause more congenital disabilities than Down syndrome, neural tube defect, or fetal alcohol syndrome [2, ]. CMV-seronegative women with primary CMV infection during pregnancy have a considerably higher risk of giving birth . . .
  

   

  

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