Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 23rd, 2005
According to recent research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, "Currently, there is no effective intervention for a primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy. We studied pregnant women with a primary CMV infection. The therapy group comprised women whose amniotic fluid contained either CMV or CMV DNA and who were offered intravenous CMV hyperimmune globulin at a dose of 200 U/kg maternal weight. A prevention group, consisting of women with a recent primary infection before 21 weeks' gestation or who declined amniocentesis, was offered...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-11-23)
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