Characterization of a universal screening approach for congenital CMV infection based on a highly-sensitive, quantitative, multiplex real-time PCR assay

• Angela Nagel ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: angela.nagel@uk-erlangen.de

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-2460

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• Emmanouela Dimitrakopoulou,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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• Norbert Teig,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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• Peter Kern,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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• Thomas Lücke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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• Dariusz Michna,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Elisabeth-Hospital Essen, Germany

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• Klaus Korn,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Philipp Steininger,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Khalid Shahada,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Audiology and Balance Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

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• Katrin Neumann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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• Klaus Überla

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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