1976
DOI: 10.1056/nejm197608262950902
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School Failure and Deafness after “Silent” Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

Abstract: We found IgM antibody directed against cytomegalovirus in the umbilical-cord blood of 53 of 8644 newborns. Forty-four of the 53 had psychometric and pediatric evaluations at 3.5 to 7.0 years of age. The group's mean IQ was 102.5+/-22.4 (+/-S.D.), whereas in matched controls it was 111.7 (PC 0.025). Bilateral hearing loss was present in five of 40 children with antibody against cytomegalovirus and in one of 44 matched controls without antibody (P less than 0.1). Three of the antibody-positive children, however,… Show more

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“…As expected (19), this virus was not lethal for suckling mice and replicated poorly in the reticuloendothelial system 3 11/12 (92) 6.0 x 106 7.4 x 104 4 13/14 (93) of weanling mice. In addition, a relatively large challenge dose (105 PFU) of the vaccine virus failed to kill weanling animals immunosuppressed with ALS.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…As expected (19), this virus was not lethal for suckling mice and replicated poorly in the reticuloendothelial system 3 11/12 (92) 6.0 x 106 7.4 x 104 4 13/14 (93) of weanling mice. In addition, a relatively large challenge dose (105 PFU) of the vaccine virus failed to kill weanling animals immunosuppressed with ALS.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…In our prospective study of lead and cognitive development, children with high umbilical cord blood lead levels (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25) Ag/dL) achieved significantly lower Mental Development Index scores through 2 years of age than did infants whose cord blood lead levels were low (< 3 ,g/dL) or medium (6-7 jig/dL) (1). In contrast to the results of the infant assessments, cord blood lead level was not significantly related to children's performance on the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities at age 57 months (2).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As many as 2.5% of all newborns have been estimated to be congenitally infected with CMV (10,11,13,25,26). About 5% of congenitally infected infants develop symptomatic congenital CMV syndrome.…”
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confidence: 99%