Cytomegalovirus worsens premature birth
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Research suggests common viral infection worsens deadly condition among premature babies

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Research suggests common viral infection worsens deadly condition among premature babies.
Cytomegalovirus infection increases intestinal damage in mouse model of necrotizing enterocolitis.
About a third of babies with NEC ultimately die from it, and survival rates have remained unchanged over the past three decades .
This study was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health ( R35 GM141956 and T32 DK007713 ) and the Garrett Fund for the Surgical Treatment of Children at The Johns Hopkins University .
David J. Hackam and Chhinder P. Sodhi hold patents for the development of novel agents to inhibit TLR4 for the prevention and treatment of NEC .
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