Virus: Cytomegalovirus (obligate intracellular), double-stranded DNA virus, one of the Herpes viruses.
CMV Elispot
(2x ACD/CPDA tube)
CMV-IgM- and -IgG-antibodies
(1x Serum/SST tube)
Human Herpes Virus 5 (HHV-5) (intracellular)
Airborne transmission, smear (cervicitis), tissue transplants, congenital (60-90% of US adults are seropositive), body fluids (urine, saliva, breast milk, sexual transmission/semen), organ transplantation, blood transfusion.
Fatigue, fever, flu-like symptoms, lymphadenitis (swollen cervical lymph nodes), sore throat, splenomegaly, retinitis, esophagitis, hepatitis, ileocolitis, congenital abnormalities and neurological deficits.
Chronic Fatique Sydrome (CFS), scleroderma, Meniere´s disease, lichen planus, pulmonary fibrosis, aphtous stomatitis
immune suppression (elder people)