Incidence of cytomegalovirus infection among the general population and pregnant women in the United States

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Comparison of force of infection for different viruses for selected* age ranges.

Virus	Force of infection (per 100 persons per year)	Ages modeled	Study sample	Citation
Measles	20	11–17	Lit. review – misc. sources	[18]
Mumps	12	11–17	Lit. review – misc. sources	[18]
Rubella	10	11–17	Lit. review – misc. sources	[18]
Varicella	6	≥ 10	Convenience sample	[30]
CMV†	3.1 and 3.5	16–40	Hospital-based	[10]
CMV	1.8	12–49	Population-based	Current study
HSV-2	0.84	≥ 12	Population-based	[31]
Hepatitis B	0.15	6–39	Population-based	[32]

*Ages were selected to be roughly comparable with the ages we modeled; in general, young children were not selected for comparison because they often had much higher forces of infection. †Patients were recruited from 2 different hospitals.

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