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Combined results from detection of either\n UL83<\/jats:italic>\n or\n IE<\/jats:italic>\n genes had a sensitivity of 86.3% (69 of 80; 95% CI, 77%-92%), specificity of 99.5% (95% CI, 97.0%-99.9%), positive predictive value of 100% (95% CI, 94.7%-100%), and negative predictive value of 94.3% (95% CI, 90.0%-96.8%). The sensitivity of DBS using either\n UL83<\/jats:italic>\n or\n IE<\/jats:italic>\n genes among patients who had moderate to severe symptomatic cCMV disease was 92.7% (38 of 41; 95% CI, 80.6%-97.5%), while the sensitivity for those with mild symptomatic cCMV disease using\n UL83<\/jats:italic>\n and\n IE<\/jats:italic>\n combined was 78.1% (95% CI, 61.3%-89.0%).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n This cohort study demonstrated a relatively high sensitivity of DBS for diagnosis of cCMV infection and differentiation of the severity of symptomatic disease in a known cCMV-positive cohort identified via expanded targeted early CMV testing. 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