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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2026

Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in a CMV-Endemic Ugandan Population.

Amy K F Davis, Mary K Prahl, Mikias Ilala, Justine Levan, Pamela M Odorizzi, Mary Muhindo, Abel Kakuru, Stephanie L Gaw, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey and 1 more

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Amy K F DavisDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2118-8671
Mary K PrahlDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mikias IlalaDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Justine LevanDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3185-6069
Pamela M OdorizziDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mary MuhindoInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Abel KakuruInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9941-1309
Stephanie L GawDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-6964
Moses R KamyaInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Grant DorseyDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-0317
Margaret E FeeneyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2515-2989

Funding

The immunologic consequences of prenatal exposure to malariaP01HD059454 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HAVLIR, DIANE V · 2008 to 2017
$22.6M
T cell immunity to CMV in utero and in early childhoodU01AI168390 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MARGARET E FEENEY · 2022 to 2026
$3.9M
Mentoring Translational Researchers for Careers in Pediatric Global HealthK24AI113002 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FEENEY, MARGARET E · 2014 to 2023
$1.9M
Mentoring translational researchers in perinatal infectious diseasesK24AI188458 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Stephanie Lina Gaw · 2025 to 2026
$412k
NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI113002NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI188458NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI168390NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD059454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is a leading cause of childhood deafness and disability worldwide. However, less is known about its epidemiology in low-income regions where most women are CMV-seropositive at conception. We found that cCMV is highly prevalent in rural Uganda (3.73%) and is associated with lower gravidity and placental malaria. We additionally report a high transmission intensity in the first years of life, with 97.3% of children acquiring CMV IgG by age 3.

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congenital infectioncytomegalovirusglobal healthmaternal-fetal health

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PMID42819885
PMCPMC13625186

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