CYTOMEGALO VIRUS

MODE OF TRANSMISSION

• Saliva
• Urine
• Stool
• Breast milk
• Blood transfusion
• Organ transplantation
• Transplacental

SYMPTOMS IN MOTHER

• Generally asymptomatic
• Persists in the human host as latent infection in several glands.

EFFECTS ON FOETUS

• Congenital abnormalities including mental retardation, deafness and microcephaly.
• Haemolytic anaemia.
• Subclinical infections in adults such as: hepatitis, pneumonia and cytomegalovirus.
• Infectious mononucleosis.

| Toxoplasma Gondii | Rubella | Cytomegalo Virus | Herpes simplex virus |