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SUBMITTER: McIntosh M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967965 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
McIntosh Megan M Hauschild Benjamin B Miller Veronica V
Journal of virus eradication 20160701 3
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is highly prevalent worldwide and can cause serious disease among immunocompromised individuals, including persons with HIV and transplant recipients on immunosuppressive therapies. It can also result in congenital cytomegalovirus when women are infected during pregnancy. Treatment and prevention of CMV in solid organ and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients is accomplished in one of three ways: (1) prophylactic therapy to prevent CMV viraemia; (2) pre-e ...[more]