What is it about?
Cytomegalovirus is portrayed in most medical textbooks as largely innocuous except to the immune compromised. In recent years there has been an explosion in medical case studies of serious CMV infection in the immune competent. This review investigates the clinical and sub-clinical effects of CMV in autoimmunity.
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Why is it important?
This is a seriously underestimated virus with an immense array of immune evasive and manipulating strategies.
Perspectives
This book chapter is part of a series of papers and reviews investigating the wider effects of CMV against human health, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Roles for Cytomegalovirus in Infection, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity, January 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63269-2.00068-4.
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