Recently developed techniques have greatly increased the sensitivity and speed of
detection of CMV and of host antibody responses to it. Newer serologic assays such as …

Although several methods have been utilized for the detection and quantification of human
cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA, all of them can be divided into three groups:(i) detection of …

Immunocompromised patients with disseminated human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection
have circulating PMN carrying HCMV pp65 (antigenemia), infectious virus (viremia), and …

The protein composition of CMV is quite complex. The 230-kilobase genome has the coding
capacity for over 200 proteins, each of which may be subject to post-translational …

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common cause of viral intrauterine infection
and fetal damage largely due to maternal primary infection. Virological procedures which …

Although infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is ubiquitous and usually
asymptomatic, there are individuals at high risk for serious HCMV disease. These include …

In this book the current knowledge on human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as a human
pathogen is lucidly summarized, bringing the reader fully up to date with current knowledge …

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a highly species-specific DNA virus belonging to the
Betaherpesvirinae subfamily of the herpesviridae family. Like other herpesviruses, primary …

Members of the Herpesviridae family are viruses with a core containing the viral DNA in the
form of a torus, a capsid (100nm in diameter and composed of 162 capsomers), a tegument …

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) viremia in peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes
(PMNLs) from 187 immunosuppressed patients (79 heart transplant recipients and 108 …