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City Dollard / Grosse / / Company New England Journal / / Country United States / / / Facility University of Alabama / / MedicalCondition microcephaly / common intrauterine infection / Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection / cerebral palsy / mental retardation / seizures / clinically apparent disease / purpuric rash / CMV infection / Unilateral and bilateral hearing losses / sensorineural hearing loss / hearing disorders / late onset hearing loss / CMV infections / virus causes hearing impairment / infection / Hearing loss / generalized petechiae / permanent bilateral hearing loss / retinitis / likely CMV-related hearing loss / congenital cytomegalovirus infection / occur following CMV infection / / Organization American Academy of Audiology / Department of Pediatrics / University of Alabama at Birmingham / / Person Karen B. Fowler / / ProvinceOrState South Dakota / Alabama / South Carolina / / PublishedMedium New England Journal of Medicine / / Region New England / /
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A CMV infection is often “silent,” meaning there are no signs or symptoms, and leads to no long-term consequences for the majority of those infected