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Cytomegalovirus and Human herpesvirus 7

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Cytomegalovirus and Human herpesvirus 7

TID BITS ON Human herpesvirus 7 AND Cytomegalovirus.

Cytomegalovirus



  • How common is it? Half of the population has CMV by a younng age. Poorer areas have a higher infection rate.
  • How is it caught? The virus is found in saliva, breast milk, and other secretions.
  • What does it cause? In adults, there is normally no symptoms at all. However, when there is symptoms, they normally are the sam as a mild glandular fever.

    Cytomegalovirus.
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  • Human herpesvirus 7



  • How common is it? By the age of 3, almost all children have HHV-7.
  • How is it caught? Saliva, and in older people possibly by semen and other secretions.

    Human herpesvirus.
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  • By: Anastasia Guerrero and Samantha Bacon.
    Period: 8