What is the virus transmission, the morphology and the family name of the virus that causes cytomegalovirus?
Cytomegalovirus disease is a serious infection which is caused by cytomegalovirus. This is a type of opportunistic infection that shows expression in people who are immune-compromised. Many adults may be a carrier of this virus, but the symptoms are observed in those people who have weak immune system.
A most common symptom of cytomegalovirus disease is the retinitis, which is the inflammation of the retina of the eye. Other symptoms may include esophagitis, colitis and some diseases associated with central nervous system.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae.
There are more than 100 herpesviruses. Only eight of them are adapted to human beings as host organisms.
- Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1),
- varicella-zoster virus
- herpes simplex virus type two (HSV-2), VZV,
- human cytomegalovirus (HCMV),
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and
- the human herpesviruses type six to eight (HHV6, HHV7, HHV8) belong to this division.
The family of Herpesviridae is further divided into three subfamilies:
- Alphaherpesvirinae,
- Betaherpesvirinae and
- Gammaherpesvirinae
Cytomegalovirus is a part of sub-family betaherpesvirinae.
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