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Cytomegalovirus

Immunoflourescent detection of Cytomegalovirus.Image shows human embryonic lung infected by cytomegalovirus demonstrated by an immunofluorescent technique. Viral infection causes systemic infection and extensive brain damage and cell death by necrosis.

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infects between 50% and 85% of adults in the United States by 40 years of age, and remains the most important cause of congenital viral infections in the U.S.

Image: CDC USA PHIL_3646_lores.jpg

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17:23, 17 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:23, 17 June 2010320 × 240 (18 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)==Cytomegalovirus== Immunoflourescent detection of Cytomegalovirus. Viral infection causes systemic infection and extensive brain damage and cell death by necrosis. Image: CDC USA Category:Virus Category:Abnormal Development [[Category:Environ