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Cytomegalovirus lies dormant in most US adults and is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, but few have heard of it

  • Written by Laura Gibson, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
Cytomegalovirus lies dormant in most US adults and is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, but few have heard of itCytomegalovirus belongs to the same virus family, _Herpesviridae_, as cold sores and chickenpox.Callista Images/Image Source via Getty Images

“Why didn’t anyone tell me about this virus?” is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than half of the...

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