Diagnosis and medical care for congenital cytomegalovirus infection
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Diagnosis of Maternal and Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the eight viruses belonging to the Herpesviridae family to infect humans. CMV belongs to the Betaherpesvirinae subfamily of viruses characterized by a restricted host spectrum, in vitro replication in fibroblasts of the natural host species in vivo, a slow replication cycle, the induction of intranuclear and intracytoplasmic inclusions and the ability to in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0025-7974,1536-5964
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000019419