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Editorial

Why is cytomegalovirus the most frequent cause of congenital infection?

Tiziana Lazzarotto Head of the Laboratory of Virology, Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St Orsola Malpighi University General Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. [email protected]
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Marcello Lanari Director of Clinical Unit of Paediatrics and Neonatology, La Scaletta Hospital, 40026 Imola (Bologna), Italy
Pages 841-843 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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