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Preferred term

Cytomegalovirus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Salivary Gland Virus
  • Salivary Gland Viruses
  • Viruses, Salivary Gland
  • Virus, Salivary Gland

Note

  • infection = CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of the family HERPESVIRIDAE, subfamily BETAHERPESVIRINAE, infecting the salivary glands, liver, spleen, lungs, eyes, and other organs, in which they produce characteristically enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusions. Infection with Cytomegalovirus is also seen as an opportunistic infection in AIDS.

History note

  • 94; was CYTOMEGALOVIRUSES 1966-93; SALIVARY GLAND VIRUSES was see under CYTOMEGALOVIRUSES 1966-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003587

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