Talk:Cytomegalovirus

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 Definition Member of the herpesvirus family that can cause serious complications in persons with weakened immune systems, and also cause a disease of infants characterized by circulatory dysfunction and microcephaly. [d] [e]
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Authors, could you put in a treatment section and mention some of the drugs used to treate CMV, like cidofovir, ganciclovir and foscarnet, for which I have already made CZ pages? I assume there may be other drugs too, but I am not sure of that. David E. Volk 09:19, 3 April 2008 (CDT)