Incidence of cytomegalovirus infection in Shanghai, China.

Clin Vaccine Immunol

Department of Clinical Lab, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.

Published: November 2009

A city-wide cytomegalovirus serosurvey was conducted in Shanghai, China, and associated parameters were calculated by employing the catalytic model. The lowest seroprevalence was 60.37%, found in the >1- to 3-year age group. The value increased rapidly with age until 25 years, when a value of 97.03% was found, caused by the high force of infection (12.69) and by the reproductive rate (8.89).

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2772370PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00385-08DOI Listing

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