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Cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are grouped into the beta-subfamily of the Herpesviridae. The beta-herpesviruses are all strictly species-specific. The viral genome is a double-stranded linear DNA of ca. 230 kbp. With ca. 200 open reading frames it represents the highest coding capacity known for viruses (Mocarski 1993). The infectious virus particle, the virion, is composed of a DNA nucleoprotein core, an icosahedral capsid, a tegument and, as the outer frontier, an envelope, which contains several glycoproteins for its interaction with host cells permissive for infection. Human CMV is the prototype and is of clinical relevance. Murine CMV shows homologies, but also differences at the levels of genetic organisation, DNA sequence, and proteins. Despite the differences, as far as we can judge to date, the pathogenesis and characteristics of disease are fairly similar for the two viruses. Murine CMV infection has therefore been employed as an experimental model to study CMV pathogenesis in the immunocompromised host and the principles of immune control of the infection in the immunocompetent host (Koszinowski et al. 1990,1993).
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Reddehase, M.J. (1996). Cytomegalovirus Disease: Hemopoietic Recovery and Immune Control of Pulmonary Infection After Bone Marrow Transplantation. In: Eibl, M.M., Huber, C., Peter, H.H., Wahn, U. (eds) Symposium in Immunology V. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79896-2_9
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