HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS - REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN 1970 AND 1976 .1. CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTS
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- review article
- Vol. 26 (1), 16-22
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV), like other members of the herpesviruses, is widely distributed in human populations where the frequency of seropositive individuals is influenced by such factors as age, sex and socio-economic conditions. While this virus causes such diseases as mononucleosis, it is also implicated in autoimmune phenomena and plays an adverse role in renal and bone marrow transplantation. Perhaps the most menacing aspect of CMV is the role which it plays in congenital malformations resulting from in utero or neonatal infection. This virus can be transmitted vertically. The above mentioned clinical aspects of CMV are discussed in light of recent clinical studies.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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