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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CMV IgG AND IgM TESTS?

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CMV IgG AND IgM TESTS?

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The CMV IgG test indicates previous exposure to CMV. The CMV IgM test indicates a recent or current infection, in which case all vials are discarded. HOW IS CMV SPREAD? CMV is spread person-to-person by direct exposure to urine, saliva, mucus, cervical secretions, semen, blood, or breast milk. There is no vaccine for CMV. Daycare centers are one of the more common exposure settings, where children can transmit the virus through contact with each other’s bodily fluids (infected children carry the virus in their respiratory and urinary tracts for long periods of time). Adults can also be infected through unprotected sexual contact. The production of virus may take place intermittently, without any detectable signs, and without causing symptoms. An infected mother can transmit CMV to her fetus either through the placenta or through exposure to her infected cervical secretions during birth. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CMV INFECTION? The symptoms are usually mild, non-specific, hard to detect,

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