TY - JOUR AU - Duri, Kerina AU - Chimhuya, Simbarashe AU - Gomo, Exnevia AU - Munjoma, Privilege Tendai AU - Chandiwana, Panashe AU - Yindom, Louis Marie AU - Mhandire, Kudakwashe AU - Ziruma, Asaph AU - Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Sekesai AU - Mazengera, Lovemore Ronald AU - Misselwitz, Benjamin AU - Gumbo, Felicity Zvanyadza AU - Jordi, Sebastian AU - Rowland-Jones, Sarah AU - for (UZBCS) The U Z Birth Cohort Study Team PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/29 TI - Role of antenatal plasma cytomegalovirus DNA levels on pregnancy outcome and HIV-1 vertical transmission among mothers in the University of Zimbabwe birth cohort study (UZBCS) JO - Virology Journal SP - 30 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Despite being a leading infectious cause of childhood disability globally, testing for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in pregnancy is generally not done in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), where breastfeeding practice is almost universal. Whilst CMV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are both endemic in SSA, the relationship between antenatal plasma CMV-DNA, HIV-1-RNA levels and HIV-1-mother to child transmission (MTCT) including pregnancy outcomes remains poorly described. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01494-3 DO - 10.1186/s12985-021-01494-3 ID - Duri2021 ER -