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Human Cytomegalovirus Persists in Its Host and Attacks and Avoids Elimination by the Immune System
1 Jan 2006
Abstract excerpt
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a herpesvirus that infects, and is carried by, 70%-100% of the world's population. During its evolution, the virus has adapted to survive in an immunocompetent host. For many years, HCMV was not considered to be a major human pathogen because it only caused rare cases of HCMV inclusion disease in neonates. However, HCMV is poorly adapted to survive in the immunosuppressed host and...
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