Cytomegalovirus
Alternate Names : CMV
How is the disease diagnosed?
The virus can be detected in various human tissues and even
grown from these tissues in the laboratory. Because most people have
CMV in their bodies, the significance of finding CMV depends on the situation.
For example, CMV found in a baby in the first 2 weeks of life usually means
the baby was infected inside the womb. A positive CMV result at any other
time in life could mean a new infection or a reactivation of old CMV. Special
tests may be useful in some cases to determine whether or not a CMV
infection is new or old. A CMV infection of the eye can often be diagnosed
by its appearance in people with AIDS.
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