Cytomegalovirus
Data from the United States advance knowledge in cytomegalovirus research
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 15th, 2006
Study 1: Cytomegalovirus infection elicits glycoprotein M/gN-specific virus-neutralizing antibody response.
"Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous human pathogen that infects 40 to 90% of adult human populations. HCMV infections are often asymptomatic in healthy individuals but can cause severe organ and life-threatening disease in immunocompromised patients.
"The antiviral antibody response to HCMV infection is complex and is known to include virus-neutralizing antibody production against surface glycoproteins encoded by HCMV," wrote...
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