cytomegalovirus
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- n any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
- Still needed: greater success against cytomegalovirus.
- Researchers have also investigated the possibility that cytomegalovirus, a common form of herpes virus, might be the elusive co-factor, but eventually they ruled it out.
- One possible culprit in the syndrome is cytomegalovirus, which is known to weaken immune defenses and can be transmitted in semen more than a year after infection.