Effectiveness and Cost Benefit of a Proposed Live Cytomegalovirus Vaccine in the Prevention of Congenital Disease

Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus among pregnant women attending Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, Nigeria

“…This is especially true for women who work in daycare settings and for those who are pregnant. [27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Limitations of this study The sample size was halved because of financial constraints. The authors preferred to detect anti-CMV IgG avidity to investigate recent acute infection and identify pregnant women at increased risk of having infected fetuses but could not due to financial constraints as well.…”

Causes of severe to profound deafness in Omani paediatric population

“…In our study, only 20% of the children belonged to the non-genetic causes. No figures are available as yet for the incidence or prevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in general population in Oman but many countries report a high prevalence [14,[21][22][23]. This is a thrust area for further research and study in Oman.…”

Cytomegalovirus infections during pregnancy

“…The cost-effectiveness of both passive and active immunization using HIG against CMV has been formally estimated in four studies and was cost-effective in each study [39][40][41]42 ]. Two cost/benefit studies have addressed universal CMV screening of pregnant women and passive immunization with HIG [41,42 ].…”