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| Title |
Human cytomegalovirus: clinical aspects, immune regulation, and emerging treatments
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Lancet Infectious Diseases, December 2004
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| DOI | 10.1016/s1473-3099(04)01202-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maher K Gandhi, Rajiv Khanna |
| Abstract |
After initial infection, human cytomegalovirus remains in a persistent state with the host. Immunity against the virus controls replication, although intermitent viral shedding can still take place in the seropositive immunocompetent person. Replication of cytomegalovirus in the absence of an effective immune response is central to the pathogenesis of disease. Therefore, complications are primarily seen in individuals whose immune system is immature, or is suppressed by drug treatment or coinfection with other pathogens. Although our increasing knowledge of the host-virus relationship has lead to the development of new pharmacological strategies for cytomegalovirus-associated infections, these strategies all have limitations-eg, drug toxicities, development of resistance, poor oral bioavailability, and low potency. Immune-based therapies to complement pharmacological strategies for the successful treatment of virus-associated complications should be prospectively investigated. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 385 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 370 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 73 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 73 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 47 | 12% |
| Researcher | 39 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 29 | 8% |
| Other | 67 | 17% |
| Unknown | 57 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 149 | 39% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 62 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 40 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 33 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 17 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 6% |
| Unknown | 62 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2020.
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#8,534,976
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Lancet Infectious Diseases
#4,242
of 6,038 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#38,953
of 151,956 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Lancet Infectious Diseases
#11
of 18 outputs
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