Subclinical Cytomegalovirus Infection in Neonates: Its Effect on Intellectual and Auditory Functioning.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is contracted as an intrauterine infection by the fetus during the fifth month of gestation (Medearis, 1964). One form of this virus is sometimes accompanied by a classical array of symptoms : jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, purpura, erythroblastic or hemolytic anemia, central nervous system disease (Stem, Booth, Eleck and Fleck, 1969). In addition, thrombocytopenia, chorioretinitis, pneumonia and diarrhea also may be found (Emmanuel and Kenny, 1966 ; Medearis, 1964, and Weller and Hanshaw, 1962). CMV, when associated with this classical array of symptoms, is referred to as Cytomegalovirus Inclusion Disease (CID) (Stern et al., 1969). Cytomegalovirus which is accompanied by a few but not all of the classical array of symptoms or by those associated with CID is referred to as "atypical" (Stem et al. , 1969).

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year

1973

Author dc:creator

• Livingston, Mary Margaret

• Cytomegalovirus
• Neonates
• Auditory functioning

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/6914

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oai:digitalcommons.library.uab.edu:etd-collection-7906