My Baby Has Congenital CMV Disease Infant and Toddler Years Form

Instructions and help about My Baby Has Congenital CMV Disease Infant And Toddler Years

congenital cytomegalovirus infection is the infection of a fetus with cytomegalovirus or CMV during intrauterine life CMV is among the most common infections that cause defects during fetal development it is often grouped with other bacteria parasites and viruses that cause similar illnesses in the newborn known under the acronym torch which includes Toxoplasma other pathogens usually syphilis rubella cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus CMV belongs to the herpes viridi family of viruses herpes viruses are double-stranded DNA viruses which are surrounded by a lipid envelope CMV is usually transmitted through contact with blood and other bodily fluids like breast milk saliva genital secretions and urine of an infected person or from transplanted organs congenital CMV infection occurs when a pregnant woman is infected by CMV for the first time during the pregnancy or there's reactivation of an old infection or reinfection with a new strain of CMV the virus in the mother travels throu