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CMV cytomegalovirus.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) A common human virus causing mild or no symptoms in healthy people, but permanent damage or death to an infected fetus, a transplant patient, or a person with HIV. Mentioned in: Antiviral Drugs, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cytomegalovirus Antibody Screening Test, Maternal to Fetal Infections CMV, abbreviation for cytomegalovirus. CMV, n the abbreviation for cytomegalovirus. See also cytomegalovirus. CMV cytomegalovirus. CMV Cytomegalovirus, see there Patient discussion about CMV. Q. Do you want to end because of a vaccination in a wheel chair? It is already about 12 years ago. I met a mother with her kids. One came always in a wheel chair to the services. His terrible story is still in my mind. It could be shown, that because of a vaccination he got the cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) and then spastic paralysis. A. Corrigendum: If you know somebody speaking German and English who could... Q. What is it CMV during pregnancy ? can i infect with that? A. CMV or cytomegalovirus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytomegalovirus) is a virus that can cause disease (i.e. infectious mononucleosis, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_mononucleosis) in everyone, not only pregnant women. The problem is that when a pregnant woman is infected in CMV for the first time of her life during pregnancy, CMV can cause malformations and problems with the baby, including hearing impairment and others (see also TORCHES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TORCH_infections). Q. What is it CMV during pregnancy? can i infect with that? A. CMV is a virus. What you refer to is infection with CMV, either the initial infection, or re-activation of latent (dormant) virus that resides in the mother's body during pregnancy. Read more or ask a question about CMVThe dangers are that CMV will infect the fetus, which may cause malformations, particularly growth restriction and hearing impairment. You may read more here: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cytomegalovirusinfections.html How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Within 2 weeks, active CMV infection with low-level pp65-antigenemia (median 3 positive/5 x [10. Day-care center staff for children under the age of 3 are at increased risk of CMV infection and should carefully wash their hands after changing diapers. Approved on August 26, 1998 for the local treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who are intolerant of or have a contraindication to other treatment(s) for CMV retinitis or who were insufficiently responsive to previous treatment(s) for CMV retinitis. |
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