Cytomegalovirus infection

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has received increasing attention at present; because infected cells are giant cells, and inclusion bodies are visible in the cytoplasm and nucleus, they are also known as cytomegalic inclusion disease (CID). The infected virus can be confined to the salivary glands, and some cause systemic infection. CMV infections are mostly subclinical, and those with dominant infections have diverse clinical manifestations, and severe cases can be fatal. Because cytomegalovirus can cause stillbirth, abortion, premature birth through intrauterine infection, and can also cause congenital malformations, the prevention and treatment of this disease affects eugenics and population quality. CMV infections are distributed worldwide, and humans are the sole host of CMV.

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