Cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy: cross-sectional survey of knowledge and prevention practices of healthcare professionals in French-speaking Switzerland.

"availability of data and materials the dataset used and analyzed in this study is publicly available on the synapse directory: 10 7303/syn52798260 1."

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAccording to the cantonal research ethics commission (CER-VD), no formal approval was needed for this research (Req-2022-01283), as it does not fall within the scope of the Swiss LRH (Federal Law on Research on Human Beings). This study was carried out in compliance with general ethical principles, in particular by ensuring the collection of anonymized, non-re-identifiable data, with the consent of the participants. The study findings are reported according to the STROBE guidelines for cross-sectional studies [58]. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no conflict of interest. Competing interests The authors declare no conflict of interest."

"Funding This research was funded by grant AGP117910 from the scientific commission of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO)."