What is Cytomegalovirus?
What is Cytomegalovirus?
- Cytomegalovirus: A easily transmissible viral infection that is common but generally causes no symptoms except in infants and people with weakened immune systems.
- Cytomegalovirus: A genus of the family HERPESVIRIDAE, subfamily BETAHERPESVIRINAE, infecting the salivary glands, liver, spleen, lungs, eyes, and other organs, in which they produce characteristically enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusions. Infection with Cytomegalovirus is also seen as an opportunistic infection in AIDS.
Source - Diseases Database
- Cytomegalovirus: any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epitheltial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Cytomegalovirus is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cytomegalovirus, or a subtype of Cytomegalovirus,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cytomegalovirus: Introduction
Types of Cytomegalovirus:
Types of Cytomegalovirus:
Broader types of Cytomegalovirus:
How many people get Cytomegalovirus?
Prevalance of Cytomegalovirus: 50% approximately; almost half of young adults (NIAID)
Prevalance Rate of Cytomegalovirus: approx 1 in 2 or 50.00% or 136 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Cytomegalovirus:
CMV is a very common infection, especially among populations that have
poor hygiene.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Cytomegalic Inclusion Body Disease (CIBD) Information Page: NINDS)
...
infects between 50% and 85% of adults in the United States by 40 years of
age. (Source: excerpt from Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection: DVRD)
Who gets Cytomegalovirus?
Profile for Cytomegalovirus: Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is found universally throughout all geographic locations and socioeconomic groups,
and infects between 50% and 85% of adults in the United States by 40 years of
age. (Source: excerpt from Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection: DVRD)
How serious is Cytomegalovirus?
Complications of Cytomegalovirus:
see complications of Cytomegalovirus
Prognosis of Cytomegalovirus:
Most
people infected with CMV show no symptoms and have a good outcome.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Cytomegalic Inclusion Body Disease (CIBD) Information Page: NINDS)
...
Like other herpesvirus infections,
CMV is incurable; people are infected with it for life. Although
the virus usually remains in an inactive state, it can reactivate
from time to time. (Source: excerpt from Other Important STDS, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
...
for the vast majority of
people, CMV infection is not a serious problem. (Source: excerpt from Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection: DVRD)
What causes Cytomegalovirus?
Causes of Cytomegalovirus: see causes of Cytomegalovirus
Risk factors for Cytomegalovirus:
see
risk factors for Cytomegalovirus
What are the symptoms of Cytomegalovirus?
Symptoms of Cytomegalovirus:
see symptoms of Cytomegalovirus
Complications of Cytomegalovirus:
see complications of Cytomegalovirus
Can anyone else get Cytomegalovirus?
Contagion of Cytomegalovirus: Spread by sex, blood, urine, saliva, kissing, urine, diapers, breast milk,
semen, and cervical secretions; also transplants;
also transplacental and during childbirth.
More information:
see contagiousness of Cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Cytomegalovirus.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Cytomegalovirus.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Cytomegalovirus:
see treatments for Cytomegalovirus
Prevention of Cytomegalovirus:
see prevention of Cytomegalovirus
Research for Cytomegalovirus:
see research for Cytomegalovirus
Society issues for Cytomegalovirus
Hospitalization statistics for Cytomegalovirus:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Cytomegalovirus:
- 0.003% (404) of hospital consultant episodes were for cytomegaloviral disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 87% of hospital consultant episodes for cytomegaloviral disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 65% of hospital consultant episodes for cytomegaloviral disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 35% of hospital consultant episodes for cytomegaloviral disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 41% of hospital consultant episodes for cytomegaloviral disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Name and Aliases of Cytomegalovirus
Main name of condition: Cytomegalovirus
Class of Condition for Cytomegalovirus: viral
Other names or spellings for Cytomegalovirus:
Cytomegalic virus, CMV, Cytomegalovirus infections
CMV, Herpes virus 5, Herpesvirus 5, human
Source - Diseases Database
CMV
Source - WordNet 2.1
Cytomegalovirus infections
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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