Infectious reactivation of cytomegalovirus explaining age- and sex-specific patterns of seroprevalence.

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a herpes virus with poorly understood transmission dynamics. Person-to-person transmission is thought to occur primarily through transfer of saliva or urine, but no quantitative estimates are available for the contribution of different infection routes. Using data from...

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Main Authors: Michiel van Boven, Jan van de Kassteele, Marjolein J Korndewal, Christiaan H van Dorp, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Fiona van der Klis, Hester E de Melker, Ann C Vossen, Debbie van Baarle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5630159?pdf=render