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Screening Newborns for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection [Letters]
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To the Editor: The study by Dr Boppana and colleagues 1 conducted newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and found dried blood spots (DBS) to have a testing sensitivity of 28% to 34%. We believe that the authors' conclusion that DBS PCR assays are not suitable for screening newborns for congenital CMV infection is premature.


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