Cytomegalovirus


Cytomegalovirus is a member of the herpesvirus group, which includes herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus (which causes chickenpox)  and Epstein-Barr virus. Cytomegalovirus is spread from person to person by direct contact with body fluids such as blood, urine, or saliva.

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Overviews - Fact Sheets

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection - by National Center for Infectious Diseases.

Cytomegalovirus from John A. Moran Eye Center

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the Child Care Setting - by the ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - from Children's Hospital Boston.

Cytomegalovirus Infections - by Neal R. Chamberlain, Ph.D.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - description and prevention.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV), from Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati

Cytomegalovirus from the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke' s Medical Center

Cytomegalovirus by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

Cytomegalovirus - questions ans short answers.

Cytomegalovirus from New Mexico AIDS InfoNet Fact Sheet

Cytomegalovirus During Pregnancy - by iMcKesson.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) by Gay Men's Health Crisis

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Fact Sheet - from Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygien, Epidemiology & Disease Control Program.

Congenital Cytomegalovirus - by Bruce A. Epstein, M.D.

Cytomegalovirus encephalitis and radiculomyelitis - by the Neurologic AIDS Research Consortium, Washington University.

Cytomegalovirus Infection - from Cleveland Clinic.

Cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - from the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Cytomegalovirus from UPMC Health System

Cytomegalovirus is related to herpes virus and affects approx. 25% of patients with AIDS - by Sankara Nethralaya.

Cytomegalovirus in children and providers: more common than you think - by Dr. Moshe Ipp, University of Toronto.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) from the Better Health Channel

Cytomegalovirus by Manchester Health Authority

Cytomegalovirus by PPP healthcare

Cytomegalovirus infections - by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

Cytomegalovirus from Dorset Health Authority

Cytomegalovirus from St. Luke's Cataract & Laser Institute

A Few Facts About Cytomegalovirus - from the International Adoption Clinic, Minneapolis.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Our CMV Story

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and You - a guide for people with HIV infection.

Cytomegalovirus by InteliHealth

Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasmosis and Parvovirus in Pregnancy - by Peter E. Fehr, MD, Perinatology, North Memorial Health Care.

Cytomegalovirus from Aviron


Clinical trials - Research projects - Full text and abstract articles

Guidelines for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Diseases in Patients With AIDS in the Era of Potent Antiretroviral Therapy - Recommendations of an International Panel by Richard J. Whitley, MD; Mark A. Jacobson, MD; Dorothy N. Friedberg, MD, PhD; Gary N. Holland, MD; Douglas A. Jabs, MD; Douglas T. Dieterich, MD; W. David Hardy, MD; Michael A. Polis, MD, MPH; Thomas A. Deutsch, MD; Judith Feinberg, MD; Stephen A. Spector, MD; Sharon Walmsley, MD, FRCPC; W. Lawrence Drew, MD, PhD; William G. Powderly, MD; Paul D. Griffiths, MD; Constance A. Benson, MD; Harold A. Kessler, MD; for the International AIDS Society-USA.

Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV): Immune Evasion and Vaccine Development - by  Kevin Dallas & The TB/HIV Research Lab at Brown University.

Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS (SOCA)--Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Retreatment Trial (CRRT) - clinical trials supported by the National Eye Institute.

Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - from Stanford.

Findings of the Foscarnet-Ganciclovir Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Trial - from National Institutes of Health.

Cytomegalovirus Antibody IgM (088-5021) - from University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Pathology.

Cytomegalovirus Antibody, IgG - from the University of Iowa Department of Pathology.

Cytomegalovirus Pneumonia Manifesting as a Focal Mass in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - by Joel E. Fishman, MD, PhD, and Harold D. Batt, MD.

Cytomegalovirus of the Small Intestine - by Martin Nadel, M.D.

Effect of Cytomegalovirus Infection Status on First-Year Mortality Rates among Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients - by Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc; David R. Snydman, MD; John Griffith, PhD; Robin Ruthazer, MPH; Barbara G. Werner, PhD; and the Boston Center for Liver Transplantation CMVIG Study Group.

Ganciclovir Implant Study for Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - by National Eye Institute.

Cytomegalovirus Culture (088-0531) - from University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Pathology.

Monitoring for cytomegalovirus in renal transplant patients - by Gary Singer, M.D.

Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Central Nervous System Stem Cells from Mouse Embryo: A Model for Developmental Brain Disorders Induced by Cytomegalovirus - by Isao Kosugi, Yuichiro Shinmura, Hideya Kawasaki, Yoshifumi Arai, Ren-Yong Li, Satoshi Baba, and Yoshihiro Tsutsui.

Risk Factors for Advancement of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - by Janet T. Holbrook, PhD, MPH; Matthew D. Davis, MD; Larry D. Hubbard, MA; Barbara K. Martin, PhD; Gary N. Holland, MD; Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MS; Adele Kaplan Gilpin, PhD, JD; Curtis Meinert, PhD; Daniel S. Reshef, MD, MPH, PhD; for the Studies of Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group.

Randomized Study of Cidofovir for Peripheral Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - from NIH.

About Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS patients

Cytomegalovirus and HAART: A Match Made in Heaven? - by Charles van der Horst, MD, and Christopher Pilcher, MD.

Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy - by March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

Cytomegalovirus Protease - by Richard Hunt, University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

Human cytomegalovirus - from McMaster Canada.

Cytomegalovirus by Cornelia Buchen-Osmond

Oral Ganciclovir for Patients With Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Treated With a Ganciclovir Implant - by Martin, Daniel F. , Kuppermann. Baruch D.; Wolitz, Richard A.

Cytomegalovirus in pregnancy

Human Cytomegalovirus Genes - and gene functions.

Cytomegalovirus prophylaxis with antiviral agents for solid organ transplantation - by the Cochrane Library.

Valacyclovir For the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease After Renal Transplantation - from Florida HealthSite.

Cytomegalovirus Activation of Cellular Genes - by Yurochko, Andrew D., PH. D.,Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Deafness - by Arthur N. Schildroth Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection - by Department of Human Services, Government of Victoria  Australia.

Incidence of gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus in renal transplant recipients with abdominal pain on mycophenolate mofetil - by Bruce Kaplan, Martin Jacobs, Gray Friedman, Stuart Geffner, Neil Lyman, Elena Gelfand. and Shamkant Mulgaonkar. Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - from Pacific University.

A test system for the Cytomegalovirus DNA detection

Cytomegalovirus from the Department of Medical Microbiology University of Cape Town

Effect of Elevated CD4 Counts on Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Retinitis - from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection - by Judith Weirich, Brasil.

Cytomegalovirus Ab-1 - by Lab Vision Corporation.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA Detection and Quantitation - by Laboratory Corporation of America.

Protein: Human cytomegalovirus protease from Human cytomegalovirus, hCMV - from Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP)


Symptoms - Diagnosis - Treatment

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - signs and symptoms from KidsHealth.

Cytomegalovirus by Roanoke College Biology Department

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) a Simple Facts Sheet from the AIDS Treatment Data Network

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection Factsheet - from Queensland Government.

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis (CMV Retinitis) - by U-M Kellogg Eye Center.

Cytomegalovirus - by the Information Exchange of the HIV/GU Medicine Directorate of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Congenital cytomegalovirus - by MedWeb.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection - by Drugbase.

Cytomegalovirus CMV causes symptoms treatments pregnancy risks women's health - by Tracee Cornforth.


Questions & Answers

TORCH Syndrome Caused by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - from University of Michigan Health System.

Cytomegalovirus by Carol Cook

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - from Virtual Hospital.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in The Child Care Setting - by Rahman Zamani.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Faq - from Ontario HIV Clinics.


Links - Directories - Webrings - Support groups

Cytomegalovirus; Treatment, Prevention, Cure - offers links.

CMV Support Group

The World of Human Cytomegalovirus


News Hub

Cytomegalovirus DNA Testing and Pediatric Blood Culture Bottles - from the University of Iowa Department of Pathology.

Drug-resistant cytomegalovirus causes transplant complications - by the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Cytomegalovirus Vaccine - from Saint Louis University.

Early Cytomegalovirus Detection In Transplant Patients Has Significant Impact On Treatment Costs


Slides

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - from West Virginia University.

Cytomegalovirus Viral - slide by Tulane University.


Images - Figures

Cytomegalovirus - a- Erosive esophagitis due to Cytomegalovirus, b- Higher power of cell with CMV cytopathic
effect, c- Cytologic brushings of esophagues with CMV infected cell.

Cytomegalovirus image from Tulane University

Cytomegalovirus Infection

Cytomegalovirus (acridine orange staining) - cytomegalovirus-infected human diploid fibroblast cells in culture.

Cytomegalovirus - image - cells infected with cytomegalovirus are large and contain a single nucleus. A single large nuclear inclusion body is seen giving the cell an "owls-eye" appearance.

Cytomegalovirus - Cytomegalovirus inclusions in a salivary gland of a child with AIDS


Miscellaneous

Cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus Pancreatitis - from University of Pittsburgh.
 
 
 
 

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