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The pathogenicity of cytomegalovirus
1 Jul 1999
Abstract excerpt
Human cytomegalovirus is ubiquitous, yet causes little illness in immunocompetent individuals. Disease is evident in immunodeficient groups such as neonates, transplant recipients and AIDS patients either following a primary infection or reactivation of a latent infection. Little is known of the mechanisms underlying the pathogenicity of the virus. The recent determination of the nucleotide sequence of both human...
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