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Although perinatal CMV infection has practically no consequences in term newborn, it may cause, in some cases, a severe symptomatic disease in preterm newborns.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The aims of the present study are to evaluate the rate and clinical expression of CMV infection breast milk transmitted in preterm infants and to check the safety of the freezing treated breast milk.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study included fifty-seven preterm infants and their CMV seropositive mothers. Fresh breast milk samples have been collected from 1<jats:sup>st<\/jats:sup>to 9<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>postpartum week. 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