Human cytomegalovirus
Translingual
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Human cytomegalovirus
Proper noun
Human cytomegalovirus
- A taxonomic species within the genus Cytomegalovirus – a viral pathogen found in 60-70% of adults in industrialized countries (100% in other countries) that causes a variety of diseases, especially in the immunosuppressed.
Synonyms
- (viral pathogen): HCMV, CMV; Human herpesvirus-5, HHV-5
Hypernyms
- (species): Virus - kingdom; dsDNA (Group I); Herpesvirales - order; Herpesviridae - family; Betaherpesviridae - subfamily; Cytomegalovirus - genus
References
Human cytomegalovirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Human herpesvirus 5 on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cytomegalovirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Human herpesvirus 5 at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Human herpesvirus 5 at Encyclopedia of Life
- Human herpesvirus 5 at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses