Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about cytomegalovirus, or CMV, and where things stand with vaccine development. She also addresses common questions and discusses the risks of CMV. Watch the episode to find out: Why pregnant healthcare workers in the 1980s couldn’t care for infants with CMV, but those today can (hint: It’s not because of a vaccine.) What family of viruses CMV is part of and why that is relevant when protecting against this infection About congenital CMV, the birth defects it can cause, and the numbers of infants affected each year How long young children can spread this virus after infection (hint: It’s measured in years.) Which current childhood vaccine has similar goals to those that would be expected from a CMV vaccine To learn more about CMV disease and the vaccine to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-cmv. Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes. For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu. Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.