Cytomegalovirus history and symptoms
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History
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. Similarly, most women have no symptoms and very few have a disease resembling mononucleosis but it is their developing fetuses that may be at risk for congenital CMV disease.
Common Symptoms
Symptoms of CMV can be:
- Sore throat
- Swollen lymph nodes:(lymph glands)
- Fever
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Muscle aches
- Loss of appetite
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.