Although it is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, patients and some doctors know little about cytomegalovirus.

Congenital CMV is the most common nongenetic cause of hearing loss in children and a leading cause of other neurologic ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that, while often latent in the general population, can become reactivated in individuals with compromised immune systems. Inflammatory bowel disease ...

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that establishes lifelong persistence within its host. Following primary infection, HCMV can either undergo productive replication or enter a ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at South Korea Daily Report-- Investigators discuss new findings in Herpesvirus Diseases ...

Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is a common infection in both adults and children. Clinical trials for several vaccines are currently underway to help prevent people from developing CMV. The Centers for ...

A new Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University co-authored study provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of ...

Moderna Inc. said its vaccine to prevent cytomegalovirus, a common cause of birth defects, failed to meet its goal in a late-stage trial, a setback for the company still struggling to move past the ...

Moderna Inc. stopped its efforts to develop mRNA-1647 as a vaccine for preventing congenital cytomegalovirus infection, the most common infectious cause of birth defects in the U.S. The pivotal and ...

Bone marrow transplantation is a life-saving therapy for patients with blood cancers like leukemia or lymphoma. However, the depletion of the patient's immune system prior to transplantation can put ...

Our immune system functions like well-equipped soldiers or guards to combat pathogens and for the most part, it does a great job! However, some viruses like herpesviruses have a cunning trick up their ...