Cytomegaloviruses : from molecular pathogenesis to intervention /

Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - a member of the herpesvirus family - is an underrated health risk. A low public awareness results from the relatively mild symptoms it causes in otherwise healthy people whose immune systems are intact, with primary infection usually going unnoticed. During pregnancy, h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reddehase, Matthias J. (Matthias Johannes), 1954- (Editor ), Lemmermann, Niels (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Norfolk, UK : Caister Academic Press, [2013]
Temas:
Cytomegalovirus infections.
Cytomegaloviruses > Immunological aspects.
Cytomegaloviruses.
Cytomegalovirus > genetics
Cytomegalovirus > immunology
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Infections à cytomégalovirus.
Cytomégalovirus > Immunologie.
Cytomégalovirus.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Cytomegalovirus infections
Cytomegaloviruses
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Sumario:Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - a member of the herpesvirus family - is an underrated health risk. A low public awareness results from the relatively mild symptoms it causes in otherwise healthy people whose immune systems are intact, with primary infection usually going unnoticed. During pregnancy, however, transmission from the mother to the fetus is currently the most frequent viral cause of birth defects with lifelong neurological sequelae, sensorineural hearing loss in particular. People at risk also include the growing number of immune compromised patients requiring either a solid organ gr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781908230836
1908230835

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