Human cytomegalovirus is a widespread pathogen of major medical importance. It causes
significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, and congenital …

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) has infected humans since the origin of our species and
currently infects most of the world's population. Variability between CMV genomes is the …

Viruses use diverse strategies to elude the immune system, including copying and
repurposing host cytokine and cytokine receptor genes. For herpesviruses, the chemokine …

Strain Variation and Disease Severity in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection - Infectious
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of congenital infection. This pathogen
exhibits extensive genetic variability in the genes that encode structural envelope …

Objective Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a vascular disease relatively common in the
elderly population. Although some events that contribute to the development and …

Background Following rubella virus control, the most important cause of congenital
infections is human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Congenital CMV (cCMV) may happen both in …

Human cytomegalovirus is a significant agent of hepatic involvement in neonates. In this
study, we investigated the polymorphisms and features of the viral genes UL144 and UL146 …

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is acquired in the postnatal period primarily from mother's
milk feeding. Although postnatal CMV (pCMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in healthy …

The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is about 1 in 3200 to 10,000
live births. Neonatal herpes disease may be acquired prenatally (congenital herpes) or …