Biomarkers of Fetal Infection and Disease Following Maternal HCMV Infection
The purposes of this study are to determine 1) if the diagnosis of CMV fetal infection could be done directly in the maternal blood instead of requesting an amniocentesis and 2) if innovative technologies such as proteomic, transcriptomic, methylomic and lipidomic applied in fetal samples could allow the discovery of new biomarkers of fetal infection.
⁃ CMV cases:
• Informed consent obtained from the mother;
• Pregnant women either with a history of primary CMV infection in pregnancy or carrying a fetus with ultrasound features compatible with CMV infection and willing to have amniocentesis for fetal diagnosis of CMV infection
⁃ Control cases :
⁃ \- Pregnant women carrying a fetus with aneuploidy-dysgonosomy