The Burden of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Prospective Cohort Study of 20 000 Infants in Finland

Abstract

In our population-based screening study, the burden of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection was low; the prevalence was only 0.2%, and neurodevelopmental, ophthalmological, and hearing outcomes in the CMV-positive infants did not differ from those of matched healthy controls at 18 months of age.