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ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2017

Testing for Cytomegalovirus in Pregnancy.

Alda Saldan, Gabriella Forner, Carlo Mengoli, Nadia Gussetti, Giorgio Palù, Davide Abate

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Frequency of CMV testing during pregnancy-a retrospective study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025
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  17. An Overview of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alda SaldanDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Gabriella FornerDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Carlo MengoliDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Nadia GussettiPadua Reference Center for Infections in Pregnancy, Padua General Hospital, Padua, Italy.
Giorgio PalùDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Davide AbateDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy davide.abate@unipd.it.
University of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection represents a relevant cause of deafness and neurological damage in newborns. Intrauterine CMV transmission might result after primary or nonprimary infections, though at different rates (30% versus 0.2%, respectively). At present, a prenatal diagnosis of CMV infection is based mainly on maternal serology, the detection of CMV-DNA in amniotic fluid and fetal blood, and ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recent evidences suggest that congenital CMV infection may be an immune-mediated disease and that evaluation of humoral and especially T-cell immunities may improve the overall prenatal diagnosis. This review summarizes the most recent advancements in the diagnosis of maternal and prenatal CMV infections.

Indexed as

Cytomegalovirus InfectionsDiagnostic Tests, RoutineFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousCMV-ELISPOTCMV-QuantiFERONcongenital infectionshuman cytomegalovirusIgG avidityimagingimmunoserologylaboratory assays

Identifiers

PMID28031434
PMCPMC5328437
OpenAlexW2564124030

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Registered trials

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