Cytomegalovirus (medical condition): A easily transmissible viral infection that is common but generally causes no symptoms except in infants and people with weakened immune systems.
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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: 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: widely occurring intracellular herpesvirus characterized by narrow host specificity and slow reproduction (latency); causes a variety of pathologies in mammals, including AIDS related oculopathy in humans.
Source: CRISP
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: MeSH 2007
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 (medical condition): See Cytomegalovirus (disease information).
»Introduction: Cytomegalovirus
»Symptoms of Cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus: Cytomegalovirus is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a very common virus that infects approximately one-half of all young adults in the United States. It rarely causes serious consequences except in people with suppressed or impaired immune systems or in infants, whose immune systems are still developing. The virus, a member of the herpesvirus family, is found in saliva, urine, and other bodily fluids. Because it is often found in semen as well as in cervical secretions, the virus can be spread by sexual contact; it also can be easily spread by other forms of physical contact such as kissing. Day-care center staff for children under the age of 3 are at increased risk of CMV infection and should carefully wash their hands after changing diapers. 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)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a very common virus that infects approximately one-half of all young adults in the United States. It rarely causes serious consequences except in people with suppressed or impaired immune systems or in infants, whose immune systems are still developing. The virus, a member of the herpesvirus family, is found in saliva, urine, and other bodily fluids. Because it is often found in semen as well as in cervical secretions, the virus can be spread by sexual contact; it also can be easily spread by other forms of physical contact such as kissing. Day-care center staff for children under the age of 3 are at increased risk of CMV infection and should carefully wash their hands after changing diapers. 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)
These medical disease topics may be related to Cytomegalovirus:
Source: Diseases Database
Source - NIH
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - MeSH 2007
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Source - CRISP
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The following list attempts to classify Cytomegalovirus into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source: Diseases Database
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