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ORPHA:294Disease
Also called Antenatal CMV infection · Antenatal cytomegalovirus infection · Mother-to-child transmission of cytomegalovirus syndrome
What it is
A fetopathy that is likely to occur when a cytomegalovirus (CMV) infected pregnant woman transmits the virus in utero. Children born with congenital CMV infection may present with hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, jaundice, pneumonitis, fetal growth retardation, petechiae, purpura, and thrombocytopenia. Congenital CMV infection can equally result in major neurological sequelae, including microcephaly, intracranial calcifications, sensorineural hearing loss, chorioretinitis, intellectual and motor disabilities, and seizure disorders. CMV disease sequelae caused by a primary infection are usually more severe than those caused by the reactivation of a latent infection.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)
- Age of onset
- Antenatal, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Signs and symptoms
Common30–79%
10Sometimes5–29%
10- Cerebral calcification
- Hepatitis
- Intrauterine growth retardation
- Jaundice
- Microcephaly
- Optic atrophy
- Petechiae
- Retinal hemorrhage
and 2 more in this range
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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