Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus found worldwide. When CMV infects fetuses, it can cause serious complications such as hearing difficulties and mental retardation in affected infants. A ...

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can cause serious complications such as hearing difficulties and mental retardation in affected infants. A Japanese research team has discovered a new method ...

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus found worldwide. When CMV infects fetuses, it can cause serious complications such as hearing difficulties and intellectual disability in affected infants ...

In general, elective transplantation should be postponed until after the potential recipient has cleared his or her active CMV disease. That's the stock answer...but, does your recipient actually have ...

Classically, detection of IgG antibodies to CMV is diagnostic of past infection and synonymous with the term "seropositivity". Transplant physicians have used this term to predict risk for the ...

We evaluated cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin M (IgM) titer in pregnant women with primary infection as a predictive factor for congenital infection. Maternal CMV antibody screening during the ...

IgM antibodies specific for cytomegalovirus (CMV) were demonstrated in 15 (2·6%) of 575 umbilical cord sera obtained from newborns in Kuwait. Some 93% and 50% of these CMV-IgM positive cord sera ...

Immune substance in the serum portion of the blood that helps fight off and control the infection or disease. There are at least two types of antibodies, IgG and IgM, produced in response to a CMV ...

A 21-year-old man was evaluated as a stem cell donor for his fully HLA-matched brother. A week earlier, he reported the onset of a low-grade fever and a sore throat that resolved without medical care.

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can cause serious complications such as hearing difficulties and mental delay in affected infants. A research team has discovered a new method for predicting ...