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Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are estimated to occur in 0.2%-0.5% of all live births in Germany. 1 They are the most frequent non-genetic cause of developmental delays 2 and sensorineural hearing loss 3 in the Western world. Congenital CMV infections are clinically silent in approximately 90% of affected newborn infants. 4,5 Therefore, suspicion often only arises later in infancy or childhood. An estimated 13.5% of primarily asymptomatic congenital CMVinfected newborns will suffer neurodevelopmental sequelae. 5 Some

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