Cytomegalovirus: a virus of increasing relevance to oral medicine and pathology |
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| Authors: | Joel Epstein Crispian Scully |
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| Affiliation: | British Columbia Cancer Agency, Division of Oral Medicine &Clinical Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;Centre for the Study of Oral Disease, University of Bristol Dental School and Hospital, England |
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| Abstract: | Human Cytomegalovirus (H cmv ) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus, emerging as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised persons, particularly those infected with human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV). Clinical syndromes caused by H cmv are usually not specifically identifiable without laboratory investigations. However, it is now apparent that H cmv may cause oral ulceration in immunocompromised persons and it may play a role in other diverse conditions in these and other patients. |
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| Keywords: | cross-infection Cytomegalovirus herpesviruses HIV oral disease transplants |
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