Cytomegalovirus, pregnancy and occupational risk

Female health professionals are not more likely to contract cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection than the general population. Generalized congenital infection was diagnosed in a neonate. His mother was a nurse working the 2 first trimesters of her pregnancy in close-contact with AIDS patients chronically...

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Published in:	Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Société française de pédiatrie Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 24
Main Authors:	Boussemart, T, Baudon, J J, Garbarg-Chenon, A, Costil, J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	French
Published:	France 01-01-1998
Subjects:	Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - nursing AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - transmission AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - virology Cytomegalovirus Infections - diagnosis Cytomegalovirus Infections - prevention & control Cytomegalovirus Infections - transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious Female Humans Infant, Newborn Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Nurses Occupational Exposure Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology Risk Factors
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Summary:	Female health professionals are not more likely to contract cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection than the general population. Generalized congenital infection was diagnosed in a neonate. His mother was a nurse working the 2 first trimesters of her pregnancy in close-contact with AIDS patients chronically infected with CMV. Preventive measures to avoid CMV transmission among health-care professionals are controversial. The only guideline actually receiving universal agreement consists of standard hospital measures of hygiene.
ISSN:	0929-693X