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A Vaccine to Prevent Congenital Cytomegalovirus

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.6432

March 02, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint discusses progress toward the development of a preconception vaccine for congenital cytomegalovirus, which could reduce the prevalence and severity of infection.

Corresponding Author: Mark R. Schleiss, MD, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota, 2001 6th St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (schleiss@umn.edu).

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