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Abdominal aortic aneurysm and virus infection: A potential causative role for cytomegalovirus infection?
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2021
Jabłońska Agnieszka, Zagrapan Branislav, Paradowska Edyta, Neumayer Christoph, Eilenberg Wolf, Brostjan Christine, Klinger Markus, Nanobachvili Josif, Huk Ihor
Abstract excerpt
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a multifactorial disease with a variety of genetic and environmental risk factors, but the exact mechanism of AAA formation and progression is still not well understood. The present study investigated the frequency of cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and papillomavirus types 6 and 11 (HPV6 and HPV11), their impact on clinical manifestations of cardiovascular...
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