Sequences of oligonucleotide primers used for CMV PCR and sequencing (12,27).

<p>Sequences of oligonucleotide primers used for CMV PCR and sequencing (12,27).</p

UL55 and UL144 genotype distribution of postnatal and congenital CMV infection.

<p>a. In two postnatally infected infants only UL144 or UL55 could be genotyped.</p><p>UL55 and UL144 genotype distribution of postnatal and congenital CMV infection.</p

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 58 postnatally and 13 congenitally infected infants.

<p>a. Symptoms of postnatal CMV infection included pneumonia (n = 3), and sepsis-like illness with thrombocytopenia (n = 2).</p><p>Symptoms of congenital CMV infection included intra-uterine growth retardation (n = 5), microcephaly (n = 2), hepatosplenomegaly (n = 4), petechiae (n = 3), jaundice (n = 1), seizures (n = 1), thrombocytopenia (n = 6), anaemia (n = 2), and neutropenia (n = 1).</p><p>b. MRI was performed in 30 postnatally infected infants and 7 congenitally infected infants. Severe MRI abnormalities included polymicrogyria (n = 1), occipital cysts (n = 1), ventricular dilatation (n = 1) and abnormal white matter signal intensity (n = 4).</p><p>Demographic and clinical characteristics of 58 postnatally and 13 congenitally infected infants.</p

Log₁₀ CMV urine load in postnatally and congenitally infected infants.

<p>Bar in boxplot represent median viral load after log₁₀ transformation. Upper and lower limit of boxplot represent 75^th and 25^th percentile, respectively. Whiskers represent 5–95% coincidence interval. Dots represent outliers.</p