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Want a healthy baby? Want your friends to have one? Then know the numbers associated with congenital (present at birth) Cytomegalovirus (CMV), #1 viral cause of birth defects, so you can reduce your chances of contracting it. Birth defects from congenital CMV include microcephaly, hearing loss, mental impairment, blindness, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy.
Child care workers and mothers of toddlers in daycare are at increased risk for contracting CMV.
Congenital
CMV by the Numbers:
- 1 out of 100 babies are born with congenital CMV.
- 1 out of 5 babies born with congenital CMV are permanently disabled.
- 1 baby every hour is disabled by congenital CMV.
- 8- 20% of female child care providers contract CMV infection every year.
- 1,260,600 childcare workers in the U.S.
- 44% to 100% of two-years in group daycare shed CMV
- #1 Birth Defects Virus--Congenital CMV causes more disabilities than Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Spina Bifida, and Pediatric HIV/AIDS
- 9% of women have heard of CMV.
ASK YOUR LOCAL DAYCARE FACILITY AND CHURCH NURSERY IF THEY FOLLOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS:
The American Academy of Pediatrics, co-authored
Standard 7.7.1.1: Staff Education and Policies on
Cytomegalovirus (CMV), which states childcare
workers of childbearing age should be informed about their increased
probability of exposure to CMV and:
· Hygiene measures (especially handwashing and
avoiding contact with urine, saliva, and nasal secretions) aimed at reducing
acquisition of CMV;
· The availability of counseling and testing for
serum antibody to CMV to determine the caregiver/teacher’s immune
status...
Additional numbers:
- 10-25 % of babies born with asymptomatic congenital CMV will develop sensorineural hearing loss by age 18.
SOURCES
Congenital CMV Disease Research, Clinic & Registry
National CMV Foundation
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