Cytomegalovirus Saliva Shedding Kinetics in Children with Congenital CMV Infection
In this large cohort of children with cCMV identified by universal CMV newborn screening, CMV DNA was detectable in saliva for a median of 20 months, irrespective of newborn symptoms or hearing outcomes. Intermittent shedding was noted in a third of the cohort.
Authors
- Sunil Pati
- Suresh B. Boppana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-2767)
- Swetha Pinninti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-1474)
- Shannon Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-8025)
- Karen B. Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9501-635X)
- Zdeněk Novák (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4714-7344)
Institutions
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf040
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00