Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: predisposing maternal factors.
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Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: predisposing maternal factors.
In a prospective study of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in pregnancy 69 congenitally infected infants were identified. The age, race, marital status, social class, and parity of the mothers of congenital CMV infants were compared with those of the screened population of women with non-infected infants. These factors were all individually strongly associated with the prevalence of congenital C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.40.3.205