Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Therapy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Halwachs-Baumann, Gabriele (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Gynecology .; Health promotion.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Gynecology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This second edition updates the reader on the most common intrauterine transmitted viral infection, CMV. The history of this disease, its pathophysiological background, epidemiology and symptoms, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, will be discussed in detail. Further a section specifi...

Table of Contents:

• Long Known. Long Ignored - A Brief History of Cytomegalovirus Research
• Virus Host Interaction for Defence and Transmission
• Epidemiology - The Influence of Socioeconomic Differences
• Prospects and Obstacles of Diagnosis
• Clinical Outcome: Acute Symptoms and Sleeping Hazards
• Prevention and Therapy - More than Trial and Error
• How To Save Money: Congenital CMV Infection and the Economy.