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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an extremely important perinatal pathogen. Each year, approximately 1 percent of susceptible women seroconvert during pregnancy. Although sexual transmission of CMV can occur, most pregnant women acquire CMV infection through exposure to children in their own home or from occupational exposure to children in day care or elementary school. Exposure typically occurs as a result of contact with contaminated saliva, urine, or fomites such as toys. Approximately 40 percent of pregnant women with a primary infection transmit CMV to their fetuses. Rates of transmission are highest when maternal infection occurs in the third trimester; however, the risk . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.

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