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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Perinatol. 2014 Nov 28;42(1):61–viii. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.10.006

Figure 2. Annual number of U.S. children born with long-term pediatric disabilities.

Figure 2

Congenital CMV infection in the U.S. causes more long-term pediatric disabilities than other common causes of birth defects including FAS, Downs syndrome, spina bifida, HIV, Hib, and CRS

Adapted from Cannon MJ, Davis KF. Washing our hands of the congenital cytomegalovirus disease epidemic. BMC Public Health 2005;5:70–77; with permission.