"Cytomegalovirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of the family HERPESVIRIDAE, subfamily BETAHERPESVIRINAE, infecting the salivary glands, liver, spleen, lungs, eyes, and other organs, in which they produce characteristically enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusions. Infection with Cytomegalovirus is also seen as an opportunistic infection in AIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003587
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.382.150.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytomegalovirus- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegaloviruses
- Salivary Gland Viruses
- Salivary Gland Virus
- Virus, Salivary Gland
- Viruses, Salivary Gland
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytomegalovirus" by people in Profiles.
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Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and multiple sclerosis susceptibility: A multiethnic study. Neurology. 2017 Sep 26; 89(13):1330-1337.
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Humoral markers of active Epstein-Barr virus infection associate with anti-extractable nuclear antigen autoantibodies and plasma galectin-3 binding protein in systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2016 Dec; 25(14):1567-1576.
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Risk for CMV reactivation in children undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 02; 62(2):364-366.
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History of chickenpox and shingles and prevalence of antibodies to varicella-zoster virus and three other herpesviruses among adults with glioma and controls. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 May 15; 161(10):929-38.