Fowler KB, et al. - This examination investigated the effect of race and ethnicity upon the prevalence and clinical spectrum of congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV). For this analysis, one hundred thousand, three hundred thirty-two infants from 7 medical centers were screened for cCMV while in the hospital from 2007 to 2012. After that, ethnicity and race were collected and cCMV prevalence rates were calculated. Even after adjusting for socioeconomic status and maternal age significant racial and ethnic differences existed in the prevalence of cCMV. Findings revealed that the newborn disease and rates of hearing loss in infants were similar with respect to race and ethnicity although once infected.