Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

Cytomegalovirus belongs to the same virus family, _Herpesviridae_, as cold sores and chickenpox. Callista Images/Image Source via Getty Images So if most people are unlikely to get sick from CMV at ...

“Why didn’t anyone tell me about this virus?” is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus or CMV. Although more than half of the U.S.

On a spring day in the late 1980s, pediatrician Mark Schleiss was confronted with a difficult case: a months-old infant who had developed pneumonia. While many infants with pneumonia recover, this ...

Serology tests may be unable to predict the occurrence of congenital CMV infection in mothers who were infected prior to the current pregnancy. The research team looked for clinical factors during ...

Looking at him now, our blue-eyed, funny, fearless little boy, Tom, it was all worth it. Every what if, every tear shed, every moment of doubt my husband, Liam, and I had since March 3, 2023, the day ...

—These investigators explored associations among early-life and in utero infections and cytomegalovirus-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children, with signs pointing to underlying immune ...

Background. A high rate of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been documented in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed infants in industrialized settings, both in the pre- and post-highly ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WKRC) - A mom in Hamilton whose son was born with complications from a virus is now trying to make a difference for other families. She is helping to change lives. Her name is Regan ...

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open journal, researchers evaluated the relationship between congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Study: ...

Children with hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are much more likely to also have congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, according to an analysis published this week in JAMA Network ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this virus?” is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than ...