CMV is the most common infectious cause of birth defects in the United States, yet only 9% of women are aware of it. Come learn alongside Angel Laketa Moore (@thatchickangel ) what this virus is and how to help lower transmission.

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What if I told you in the US there's a virus in newborn infants called CMV.

CMV is a herpes virus. It's not a respiratory virus. So the way that a woman would be exposed or anybody is through human to human contact, such as with saliva, or urine or other bodily fluids.

A healthy adult may not even know they've been exposed to CMV or they might have some cold-like symptoms, but for most of us, it's a nonevent in our lives, and we're not even aware. According to the CDC, over 50% of U.S adults will have a CMV infection by the time they’re 40.

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Read More:
What is CMV?
https://www.modernatx.com/cytomegalov...
"CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States with approximately 25,000 newborns in the U.S. infected every year."

My Daughter’s Silent Virus: Congenital CMV
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/we...
"This is our world now: navigating between sound and silence, still wondering how our daughter’s condition has been kept so quiet in a country where it has existed for centuries."

How a common, often harmless virus called cytomegalovirus can damage a fetus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health...
"'They tell you about wine and sushi and kitty litter, but not CMV,' she says, referring to the risks posed by alcohol and organisms in raw fish and cat waste."

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