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CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
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Hypernyms ("cytomegalovirus" is a kind of...):
herpes; herpes virus (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)
Context examples:
A measurement of the cytomegalovirus viral load in a biological specimen.
(Cytomegalovirus Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This agent also exhibits antiviral activity against respiratory syncytial virus, cytomegalovirus, and HIV.
(Papaverine, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex infections that may occur when the body is immunosuppressed.
(Acyclovir, NCI Dictionary)
It is often associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection, hepatitis B infection or cytomegalovirus infection.
(Acrodermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A peptide vaccine derived from cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigens with potential immunostimulating activity.
(PEP-CMV Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A peptide-based vaccine containing a pan HLA DR-binding epitope (PADRE) fused to a cytomegalovirus (CMV) peptide epitope, with potential anti-viral and immunomodulating activities.
(PADRE-CMV Fusion Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Allogeneic tri-viral specific, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus (Adv, CMV and EBV or ACE), cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) with potential antiviral activity.
(Adenovirus/Cytomegalovirus/Epstein-Barr Virus-specific Allogeneic Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic organic analog of inorganic pyrophosphate with activity against several types of viruses, but primarily used for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis.
(Foscarnet, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of cytomegalovirus IgM antibody present in a sample.
(Cytomegalovirus IgM Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Fomivirsen is a 21-nucleotide ODN complementary to mRNA of the immediate-early region 2 of human cytomegalovirus (CMV).
(Fomivirsen Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
