MCIDT Affiliate Megan Pesch and others used Medicaid claim data to determine that children with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) diagnoses were more likely to have Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses, prompting further research into cCMV/ASD associations

Key Terms: ASD, Medicaid, Congenital Cytomegalovirus

Graph with x axis being age of a child in months 0-100 and y-azis being probability of being diagnosed with ASD. There are 2 lines plotted, one for kids with cCMV and one without. The one with trended significantly higher ASD risk