Talk:Cytomegalovirus

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[edit] CMV in humans

The "CMV in Humans" (to the end of the article) was taken pretty much verbatim from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document, entitled Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection.

As far as I can see, this is a public domain document.

I took a bit of POV out, though it's clearly oriented from the point of view of how to best manage the disease. Have at it! Rholton

CMV is not the most common agent of infection, so I removed that sentence. EBV has higher antibody prevalence rates; more fundamentally, the statement does not make sense as there are bacteria that can be found in 100% of the population (e.g., coag-negative staph) that are sometimes responsible for opportunistic infections.

From Wikipedia:Peer Review:

The U.S. government is listed on Wikipedia:Public domain resources. There is a caveat or two, so check that page for more information. Unless CMV also has significant effects on animals, you should remove the heading ===CMV in humans=== and upgrade all subsequent headings as appropriate. More importantly, some separation should probably be made between descriptive content and lists of advice. People are generally averse to having instructive content on the wiki. I think that this is a case where it can stay, but only if it's separated out into a section of its own. -Smack 19:04, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Sexually transmitted disease category

While CMV may be sexually transmitted, my bias is that the category should include only those diseases that are classically considered STDs, e.g. gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphyllis, etc. Otherwise, to be consistent, the category should also include diseases that are not conventionally categorized as STDs like hepatitis C, etc. Andrew73 22:10, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Methods of contraction

Since this is herpes, would that mean it is easily contracted through saliva? In this case, kissing might be a big method of transferring it. Depending on how much of a factor it is (other environmental, or prenatal contraction), perhaps avoiding some of these physical methods of social connection would greatly extend human lifespans, until we find better methods of extending T-cell function so Cytomegalovirus doesn't take up all our immune resources. Tyciol 18:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)