Viral Loads in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection from a Highly Immune Population

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• Alternative Title:
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
• Personal Author:
  Xu, Aiqiang ; Wang, Shiwen ; Zhang, Wenqiang ; Wang, Xiaofang ; Wang, Tongzhan ; Liu, Xialin ; Wang, Haiyan ; Ma, Wei ; Amin, Minal ; Dollard, Sheila ; Wang, Chengbin
• Description:
  Among newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection from China, there was no difference in CMV viral load in saliva specimens dried and stored at room temperature compared with those kept wet and stored cold, even after longer storage time for the former than the later (74 vs 58 days, P = .02).
• Subjects:
  Cytomegalovirus Infections Dried Blood Spot Testing Humans Infant, Newborn Saliva Seroepidemiologic Studies Specimen Handling Time Factors Viral Load
• Keywords:
  Congenital Infection Cytomegalovirus Viral Load
• Source:
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 7(3):e160-e162
• Pubmed ID:
  29860410
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6107419
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b8eb280884b03a354f8a1765327aa74e55d1fa401ba7735038ce8abc99203740
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58377/cdc_58377_DS1.pdf
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