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Special Topic: Congenital CMV Infection

Information

• What is CMV? (National CMV Foundation)
• CMV and Congenital CMV Infections (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Colorado Newborn Hearing Screening Program [Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE)]
• Letter to Colorado Community Pediatricians about Targeted Testing for Congenital CMV Infection
• Family Resources (Colorado Hands & Voices)

Handouts

• Why is My Baby Being Tested for cCMV? (AAP-CO & CO Hands and Voices)
  • ¿Por qué le están haciendo las pruebas para infección de CMV congénito a mi bebe? (Spanish Version)
• We invite you and your child with congenital CMV to join the Colorado cCMV Family Network (AAP-CO & CO Hands and Voices)
  • Les invitamos a usted y a su hijo/a que padece del CMV congénito a unirse a la Red Familiar de Colorado para el cCMV (Spanish Version)
• Babies born with Congenital CMV infection (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Congenital CMV and Hearing Loss (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• CMV Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Videos

• CMV, more Common than Zika, but less-known (posted with permission from Denver Post/MediaNews Group)
• CMV Stops With Me (Nebraska EHDI Program Awareness Video)

Research

• Baylor College of Medicine CMV Research Group
• University of Alabama Birmingham CHIMES Study
• The University of Minnesota, Schleiss Laboratory
• NCHAM congenital CMV Research & Innovations Webinar Series
• Dr. Sallie Permar, Duke University

Targeted testing

• Ideas for Improving Targeted Testing in Hospital Systems

Advocacy for cCMV

• Information about advocacy for CMV education and screening