The goals of this observational study are: i) investigate the natural history of non-primary (i.e. reactivation and reinfection) HCMV infection in HCMV-seropositive Italian women and the relevant humoral and cell-mediated immune response; ii) reliably distinguish between reactivation and reinfection. Prerequisite of the study is the availability of a maternal HCMV strain at baseline (original strain) to which subsequent strains detected during follow-up are compared in order to distinguish between reactivation (original strain) or reinfection (new strain). To increase the likelihood of exposure to different HCMV strains, the study population is restricted to mothers of children attending day care centers.
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HCMV non-primary infection (reinfection or reactivation).
Timeframe: T3-T6: 3-6-9-12 months after admission of the infant to the day-care center.