Primary versus Nonprimary Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy, Israel

Abstract

We examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83× higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease was diagnosed in both infection groups at similar rates.

Keywords

• Cytomegalovirus
• pregnancy
• primary infection
• nonprimary infection
• dispatch
• Israel