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Routine newborn screening could catch cytomegalovirus infections before problems appear (opens in a new tab)

medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-27

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedA large three-year study suggests that routinely screening all newborns could uncover many congenital cytomegalovirus infections that would otherwise remain hidden.View evidenceHide evidence

As stated48,556 newborns screened; 176 cCMV cases identified

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedAmong the 176 infants with congenital CMV, 100 babies, or 57%, would not have qualified for targeted screening and might have been missed.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedAmong the babies who would have been missed without universal screening, eight were later found to have moderate to severe signs of cCMV, three had hearing loss despite appearing otherwise asymptomatic, and 11 ultimately received antiviral treatment.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe researchers used pooled saliva testing with PCR and said this reduced the number of laboratory tests required by 83% compared with testing each sample separately while maintaining high detection sensitivity.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe article says congenital CMV was not limited to mothers with first infections: among 158 cases with known maternal history, 53% followed a non-primary infection and 47% followed a first infection, with similar rates of significant symptoms, hearing loss and complications at one year.View evidenceHide evidence

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2026 · Crossref

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