A Targeted Approach for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening Within Newborn Hearing Screening

2017199 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Karen B. Fowler

Faye P. McCollister · University of Alabama

Diane L. Sabo · University of Pittsburgh

Angela G. Shoup · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Kris E. Owen · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Julie L. Woodruff · Sparks

Edith Cox · Carolinas Healthcare System

Abstract

A targeted CMV approach that tests newborns who fail their NHS identified the majority of infants with CMV-related SNHL at birth. However, 43% of the infants with CMV-related SNHL in the neonatal period and cCMV infants who are at risk for late onset SNHL were not identified by NHS.

Topics & Keywords

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Neonatal and Maternal Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 139, Issue 2

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-2128

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 11.73