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Details - Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

ID#:	14429
Description:	Magnified 49, 200x, this transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts numbers of cytomegalovirus virions that were present in an unknown tissue sample. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the herpesviruses. This group of viruses includes the herpes simplex viruses (HSV), varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox and shingles, and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which causes infectious mononucleosis, also known as mono. CMV is a common infection that is usually harmless. Once CMV is in a person's body, it stays there for life. Among every 100 adults in the United States, 50–80 are infected with CMV by the time they are 40 years old. Most healthy children and adults infected with CMV have no symptoms and may not even know that they have been infected. Others may develop a mild illness when they get infected and have the following symptoms: fever, sore throat, fatigue, and swollen glands. But since these are also symptoms of other illnesses, most people don't realize that they have been infected with CMV.
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Content Providers(s):	CDC
Creation Date:	1986
Photo Credit:
Links:	CDC - National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Viral Diseases; Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Congenital CMV Infection
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Chemicals and Drugs Immunologic and Biological Factors Biological Products Vaccines Viral Vaccines Cytomegalovirus Vaccines Diseases Eye Diseases Eye Infections Eye Infections, Viral Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Virus Diseases DNA Virus Infections Herpesviridae Infections Cytomegalovirus Infections Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Eye Infections, Viral Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Organisms Viruses DNA Viruses Herpesviridae Betaherpesvirinae Cytomegalovirus Vertebrate Viruses DNA Viruses Herpesviridae Betaherpesvirinae Cytomegalovirus
Copyright Restrictions:	None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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