Diseases

Cytomegalovirus Infections

Infection with CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, characterized by enlarged cells bearing intranuclear inclusions. Infection may be in almost any organ, but the salivary glands are the most common site in children, as are the lungs in adults.

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Infection with CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, characterized by enlarged cells bearing intranuclear inclusions. Infection may be in almost any organ, but the salivary glands are the most common site in children, as are the lungs in adults.

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Synonyms

48 entry terms
  • Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease
  • Cytomegalovirus Inclusion Disease
  • Inclusion Disease
  • Infections, Cytomegalovirus
  • Salivary Gland Virus Disease
  • Cytomegalic Inclusion Diseases
  • Cytomegalovirus Inclusion Diseases
  • Cytomegalovirus Infection
  • Disease, Cytomegalic Inclusion
  • Disease, Cytomegalovirus Inclusion
  • Diseases, Cytomegalovirus Inclusion
  • Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalic
  • Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus
  • Inclusion Diseases
  • Inclusion Diseases, Cytomegalovirus
  • Infection, Cytomegalovirus
  • CMV Inclusion
  • CMV Inclusions
  • Congenital CMV Infection
  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
  • Cytomegalovirus Colitis
  • Cytomegalovirus Inclusion
  • Cytomegalovirus Inclusions
  • Perinatal CMV Infection
  • Perinatal Cytomegalovirus Infection
  • Renal Tubular Cytomegalovirus Inclusion
  • Renal Tubular Cytomegalovirus Inclusions
  • Severe Cytomegalovirus Infection
  • Severe Cytomegalovirus Infections
  • CMV Infection, Congenital
  • CMV Infection, Perinatal
  • Colitis, Cytomegalovirus
  • Congenital CMV Infections
  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections
  • Cytomegalovirus Colitides
  • Cytomegalovirus Infection, Congenital
  • Cytomegalovirus Infection, Perinatal
  • Cytomegalovirus Infection, Severe
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections, Severe
  • Inclusion, CMV
  • Inclusion, Cytomegalovirus
  • Infection, Congenital CMV
  • Infection, Congenital Cytomegalovirus
  • Infection, Perinatal CMV
  • Infection, Perinatal Cytomegalovirus
  • Infection, Severe Cytomegalovirus
  • Perinatal CMV Infections
  • Perinatal Cytomegalovirus Infections

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

infection by MUROMEGALOVIRUS (MOUSE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS or RAT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS) does not go here: coordinate MUROMEGALOVIRUS with HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

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History Note

94; was CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION DISEASE 1963-93; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS was see CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION DISEASE 1992-93

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  1. C01w.925w.256.466.245

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WC 500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cytomegalovirus Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003586. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003586
  2. Cytomegalovirus Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2076966