Sequence analyses of variable cytomegalovirus genes for distinction between breast milk– and transfusion‐transmitted infections in very‐low‐birth‐weight infants
Transfusion2018Vol. 58(12), pp. 2894–2902
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Y. Furui, Naoji Yamagishi, Ichiro Morioka, Rikizo Taira, Kosuke Nishida, Shohei Ohyama, Hisayuki Matsumoto, Yuji Nakamachi, Takashi Hasegawa, Keiji Matsubayashi, Tadashi Nagai, Masahiro Satake
Abstract
CMV is principally transmitted through breast milk in VLBWIs. The risk of TT-CMV seems to be extremely low when using leukoreduced blood products. Sequence analyses of the variable CMV genes are useful for evaluating CMV transmission routes.
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