About Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Virus: Cytomegalovirus (obligate intracellular), double-stranded DNA virus, one of the Herpes viruses.

Доступные тесты для CMV

EliSpot

CMV Elispot
(2x ACD/CPDA tube)

IFA, ELISA, Immunoblot

CMV-IgM- and -IgG-antibodies
(1x Serum/SST tube)

Virus:

Human Herpes Virus 5 (HHV-5) (intracellular)

Vector / Transmission:

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.

Symptoms:

Fatigue, fever, flu-like symptoms, lymphadenitis (swollen cervical lymph nodes), sore throat, splenomegaly, retinitis, esophagitis, hepatitis, ileocolitis, congenital abnormalities and neurological deficits.

Associations:

Chronic Fatique Sydrome (CFS), scleroderma, Meniere´s disease, lichen planus, pulmonary fibrosis, aphtous stomatitis

Risk factors:

immune suppression (elder people)