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CMV
CMV
abbreviation for
- cytomegalovirus
Example Sentences
The Navy is planning on replacing its C-2 Greyhounds, which transport passengers to aircraft carriers, with more than two dozen CMV-22 Ospreys.
Blood that is destined for new babies, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women or to be transfused into a foetus in-uterine must be screened for a virus called cytomegalovirus or CMV.
Current treatments against CMV infections are very limited and can have severe side effects.
The findings show that if a mother already has CMV immunity before becoming pregnant, her immune system can effectively protect her baby from congenital CMV transmission if she is reinfected during pregnancy.
A CMV infection during pregnancy, even in someone who has already had CMV, can cause serious problems for the fetus.
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