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Application of UL144 molecular typing to determine epidemiology of cytomegalovirus infections in preterm infants.

Stranska R, Schuurman R, Toet M, Verboon-Maciolek M, de Vries LS, van Loon AM

Department of Virology, Eijkman-Winkler Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands. ruzena.stranska@umassmed.edu

Sequence analysis of the UL144 gene of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) was used to investigate the epidemiology of CMV infections in preterm infants. Nosocomial transmission of CMV from congenitally infected infant to preterm twins was excluded based on distinct molecular profiles of CMV strains. Indistinguishable molecular profiles between strains from the mother and the infant indicated postnatal acquisition of CMV through breastfeeding.

Published 6 March 2006 in J Clin Microbiol, 44(3): 1108-10.
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