Overview of Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV), one of the viruses well adapted to the human body, goes into a silent phase after the first infection (primary infection), which is mostly asymptomatic. In the latent phase, the virus presence continues throughout the life of the host, with its ability to form latent infection where viral activity is at very low levels. However, this silence is lost in immunocompromised or immunosuppressed patient groups such as AIDS...