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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
For most healthy individuals who acquire cytomegalovirus after birth there are few symptoms.<ref name=Sherris>{{cite book | author = Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | pages = pp. 556; 566–9 | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | isbn = 0838585299 }}</ref> Some persons with symptoms experience an [[infectious mononucleosis]]-like syndrome <ref name=Bottieau_2006>{{cite journal | author = Bottieau E, Clerinx J, Van den Enden E, Van Esbroeck M, Colebunders R, Van Gompel A, Van den Ende J | title = Infectious mononucleosis-like syndromes in febrile travelers returning from the tropics. | journal = J Travel Med | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 191-7 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16884400 | doi = }}</ref>, with prolonged [[fever]], and a mild [[hepatitis]]. A very sore throat is also common. | For most healthy individuals who acquire cytomegalovirus after birth there are few symptoms.<ref name=Sherris>{{cite book | author = Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | pages = pp. 556; 566–9 | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | isbn = 0838585299 }}</ref> Some persons with symptoms experience an [[infectious mononucleosis]]-like syndrome <ref name=Bottieau_2006>{{cite journal | author = Bottieau E, Clerinx J, Van den Enden E, Van Esbroeck M, Colebunders R, Van Gompel A, Van den Ende J | title = Infectious mononucleosis-like syndromes in febrile travelers returning from the tropics. | journal = J Travel Med | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 191-7 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16884400 | doi = }}</ref>, with prolonged [[fever]], and a mild [[hepatitis]]. A very sore throat is also common. | ||
CMV infection without symptoms is common in infants and young children; as a result, it is common to not exclude from school or an institution a child known to be infected. Similarly, hospitalized patients are not typically separated or isolated. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
For most healthy individuals who acquire cytomegalovirus after birth there are few symptoms.[1] Some persons with symptoms experience an infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome [2], with prolonged fever, and a mild hepatitis. A very sore throat is also common.
CMV infection without symptoms is common in infants and young children; as a result, it is common to not exclude from school or an institution a child known to be infected. Similarly, hospitalized patients are not typically separated or isolated.
References
- ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. pp. 556, 566–9. ISBN 0838585299.
- ↑ Bottieau E, Clerinx J, Van den Enden E, Van Esbroeck M, Colebunders R, Van Gompel A, Van den Ende J (2006). "Infectious mononucleosis-like syndromes in febrile travelers returning from the tropics". J Travel Med. 13 (4): 191–7. PMID 16884400.