Viral Loads in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection From a Highly Immune Population

Aiqiang Xu; Shiwen Wang; Wenqiang Zhang; Xiaofang Wang; Tongzhan Wang; Xiaolin Liu; Haiyan Wang; Wei Ma; Minal Amin; Sheila Dollard; Chengbin Wang

doi:10.1093/jpids/piy048

Viral Loads in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection From a Highly Immune Population

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Aug 17;7(3):e160-e162. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy048.

Authors

Aiqiang Xu^{1

2}, Shiwen Wang³, Wenqiang Zhang^{1

2}, Xiaofang Wang³, Tongzhan Wang^{1

2}, Xiaolin Liu^{1

2}, Haiyan Wang^{1

2}, Wei Ma⁴, Minal Amin⁵, Sheila Dollard⁵, Chengbin Wang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China.
² Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
³ National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
⁴ School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
⁵ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

Among newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection from China, there was no difference in CMV viral load in saliva specimens dried and stored at room temperature compared with those kept wet and stored cold, even after longer storage time for the former than the later (74 vs 58 days, P = .02).

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections / congenital*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / epidemiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections / immunology
Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology*
Dried Blood Spot Testing
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Saliva / virology*
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Specimen Handling / methods*
Time Factors
Viral Load*

Grants and funding

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States