What ALL New Parents Need to Know About This Common Newborn Virus

CMV is the most common infectious cause of birth defects in the United States, yet only 9% of women are aware of it. Come learn alongside Angel Laketa Moore (@thatchickangel) what this virus is and how to help lower transmission.

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What if I told you in the US there's an infection in infants that they're more likely to get than rubella syphilis and HIV combined? Would you believe me? Well, it exists. And it's called CMV.

CMV is a herpes virus. It's not a respiratory virus. So the way that a woman would be exposed or anybody is through human to human contact, such as with saliva, or urine or other bodily fluids.

A healthy adult may not even know they've been exposed to CMV or they might have some cold-like symptoms, but for most of us, it's a nonevent in our lives, and we're not even aware. According to the CDC, over 50% of U.S adults will have a CMV infection by the time they’re 40.

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Read More:
What is CMV?
https://www.modernatx.com/cytomegalovirus-cmv
"CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States with approximately 25,000 newborns in the U.S. infected every year."

My Daughter’s Silent Virus: Congenital CMV
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/well/family/my-daughters-silent-virus-congenital-cmv.html
"This is our world now: navigating between sound and silence, still wondering how our daughter’s condition has been kept so quiet in a country where it has existed for centuries."

How a common, often harmless virus called cytomegalovirus can damage a fetus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/pregnancy-fetus-danger-cmv-virus/2021/05/14/81dc3dac-acff-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html
"'They tell you about wine and sushi and kitty litter, but not CMV,' she says, referring to the risks posed by alcohol and organisms in raw fish and cat waste."

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