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What is CMV? From the website:
Facts about Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is found universally throughout all geographic locations and socioeconomic groups, and has infected between 50% and 85% of adults in the United States by 40 years of age. CMV is also the virus most frequently transmitted to a developing child before birth.
Each year in the United States approximately 30,000 children are born with congenital CMV causing an estimated 400 deaths and leaving approximately 8,000 children with permanent disabilities such as hearing or vision loss, or mental retardation. It is estimated that 1 in every 150 children are born infected with congenital CMV. More children are adversely affected by congenital CMV than by several better-known childhood diseases or syndromes such as Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Spina Bifida.
What is CMV? From the website:
Facts about Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is found universally throughout all geographic locations and socioeconomic groups, and has infected between 50% and 85% of adults in the United States by 40 years of age. CMV is also the virus most frequently transmitted to a developing child before birth.
Each year in the United States approximately 30,000 children are born with congenital CMV causing an estimated 400 deaths and leaving approximately 8,000 children with permanent disabilities such as hearing or vision loss, or mental retardation. It is estimated that 1 in every 150 children are born infected with congenital CMV. More children are adversely affected by congenital CMV than by several better-known childhood diseases or syndromes such as Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Spina Bifida.
