The Prevalence of Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Disease in Korea; A 15-Year Multicenter Study and Analysis of Big Data From National Health Insurance System

Abstract

This study is the first multicenter study to estimate the birth prevalence of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease in Korea. The prevalence was 0.06 % and the administrative prevalence was 0.01% for overall congenital cytomegalovirus infection. The birth prevalence of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) disease among live birth in Korea from a multicenter study was 0.06% during 2001-2015 with increasing frequency. The administrative prevalence of cCMV infection by big-data analysis from the national health insurance system was 0.01% and the average healthcare cost was US$2010 per person.