"Cytomegalovirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003587
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.382.150.150
|
| Concept/Terms |
Cytomegalovirus- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegaloviruses
- Salivary Gland Viruses
- Salivary Gland Virus
- Virus, Salivary Gland
- Viruses, Salivary Gland
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cytomegalovirus".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cytomegalovirus".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cytomegalovirus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cytomegalovirus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytomegalovirus" by people in Profiles.
-
Subtherapeutic ganciclovir (GCV) levels and GCV-resistant cytomegalovirus in lung transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2014 Dec; 16(6):941-50.
-
Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of delayed-onset cytomegalovirus disease in a large, retrospective cohort of heart transplant recipients. Transplant Proc. 2014 Dec; 46(10):3585-92.
-
Cytomegalovirus viraemia in the modern antiretroviral era(*). HIV Med. 2011 Aug; 12(7):387-8.
-
Clinical characteristics of 13 solid organ transplant recipients with ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus infection. Transpl Infect Dis. 2002 Dec; 4(4):189-94.
-
Sequencing of cytomegalovirus UL97 gene for genotypic antiviral resistance testing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Oct; 45(10):2775-80.
-
Comparison of quantitative and qualitative PCR assays for cytomegalovirus DNA in plasma. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Apr; 39(4):1334-8.
-
Human cytomegalovirus UL144 open reading frame: sequence hypervariability in low-passage clinical isolates. J Virol. 1999 Dec; 73(12):10040-50.
-
Novel mechanism of inhibition of cytomegalovirus by the experimental immunosuppressive agent leflunomide. Transplantation. 1999 Sep 27; 68(6):814-25.
-
Cutting edge: a novel viral TNF receptor superfamily member in virulent strains of human cytomegalovirus. J Immunol. 1999 Jun 15; 162(12):6967-70.
-
Interstrain variation in the human cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase sequence and its effect on genotypic diagnosis of antiviral drug resistance. Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group CMV Laboratories. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Jun; 43(6):1500-2.