Neurological and growth outcomes in South African children with congenital cytomegalovirus: A cohort study

• Jayani Pathirana ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jayani.c@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/ National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-4759

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• Leanne Texeira,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Speech Therapy and Audiology (STA), Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH), Diepkloof, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Hannah Munian,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Speech Therapy and Audiology (STA), Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH), Diepkloof, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Firdose Nakwa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Ismail Mayet,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, St. Johns Eye Hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Innocent Maposa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3448-4096

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• Michelle J. Groome,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/ National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Suresh Boppana,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Shabir A. Madhi

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/ National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7629-0636

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