References and Resources

Cytomegalovirus
Information from American Academy of Family Physicians, a national, non-profit medical association of more than 88,000 members (family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students)

National Congenital CMV Disease Registry
A research program working to learn more about children born with symptoms of congenital CMV disease

CMV - Immunocompromised Host
Information from MedlinePlus, Medical Encyclopedia, an online service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

CMV Materials for the Public
Information from the Congenital Cytomegalovirus Foundation, whose mission is to prevent birth defects resulting from congenital CMV infection

Audio Podcasts

Health-e-Card

Clean Hands Save Lives!
CDC handwashing guidelines

CDC Put Your Hands Together (video)
Video about proper handwashing

Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. October 25, 2002.51(RR16):1-44.

Cytomegalovirus: A Major Cause of Hearing Loss in Children
A May 2008 article about CMV and hearing loss published by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Report and Recommendations: NIDCD Workshop on Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Hearing Loss
A publication from the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders, the National Institutes of Health

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
Information from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC

Boys Town National Research Hospital
This site includes information about infant hearing loss, how the ear works, family issues, and some available intervention options.

Intellectual Disability
Information about intellectual disabilities from CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Preventing Infections during Pregnancy
CDC feature about steps women can take to help prevent infections during pregnancy

Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy
Fact sheet from the March of Dimes

Cytomegalovirus Infection
Questions and answers from the American Pregnancy Association

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Pregnancy Association

Parent-to-Parent Support Network
Information from the National Congenital CMV Disease Registry Outreach Program

Brendan B. McGinnis Congenital CMV Foundation
Information from the Brendan B. McGinnis Congenital CMV Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising public awareness about congenital CMV

StopCMV
This network is composed of several families, friends and medical professionals personally affected by CMV and committed to public education efforts to prevent future cases of the virus.

You Can Prevent CMV, A Guide for People with HIV Infection
From the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention

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Cannon MJ, Schmid DS, Hyde TB. Review of cytomegalovirus seroprevalence and demographic characteristics associated with infection. Rev Med Virol. 2010 Jul;20(4):202-13.

Grosse SD, Dollard S, Ross DS, Cannon M. Newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus: Options for hospital-based and public health programs. J Clin Virol. 2009;46[Suppl 4]:S32-6. Epub 2009 Sep 26.

Hutto C, Ricks RE, Pass RF, et al. Epidemiologic notes and reports prevalence of cytomegalovirus excretion from children in five day-care centers -- Alabama. MMWR. 1985. 34(4);49-51.

Rahav G, Gabbay R, Ornoy A, et al. Primary versus nonprimary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy, Israel. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(11):1791-3.

Rosenthal LS, Fowler KB, Boppana SB, Britt WJ, Pass RF, Schmid SD, Stagno S, Cannon MJ. Cytomegalovirus shedding and delayed sensorineural hearing loss: results from longitudinal follow-up of children with congenital infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009;28:515-20.

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Staras SAS, Flanders WD, Dollard SC, Pass RF, McGowan Jr JE, Cannon MJ. Cytomegalovirus seroprevalence and childhood sources of infection: A population-based study among pre-adolescents in the United States. J Clin Virol. 2008;43: 266-71.

Staras SAS, Flanders WD, Dollard SC, Pass RF, McGowan Jr JE, Cannon MJ. Influence of sexual activity on cytomegalovirus seroprevalence in the United States, 1988-1994. Sex Trans Dis. 2008;35:472-9.