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Infection of human cytomegalovirus in cultured human gingival tissue.
Virology journal - 5 Oct 2006
Hai Rong, Chu Alice, Li Hongjian, Umamoto Sean, Rider Paul, Liu Fenyong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in the oral cavity plays an important role in its horizontal transmission and in causing viral-associated oral diseases such as gingivitis. However, little is currently known about HCMV pathogenesis in oral mucosa, partially because HCMV infection is primarily limited to human cells and few cultured tissue or animal models are available for studying HCMV...
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