Сytomegalovirus Infection in Children

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual problem of childhood — cytomegalovirus (CMV). The urgency of CMV research is caused by its wide spreading among children. Many scientists used to consider CMV relatively low-hazard, opportunistic. The authors prove its exceptional dangerousness, emphasizing that it imperceptibly suppresses and exhausts immunity, in this respect ranking second after the human immunodeficiency virus. Currently, there is a growth of infection spreading worldwide and a high death rate caused by this infectijn. The article presents a contemporary view of CMV, its various clinical manifestations related to late diagnosis. Experts attention to this problem is caused not only by the possibility of the progress of severe forms with newborns and infants, but also the potential risk of formation of prognostically unfavorable consequences.

Keywords

• цитомегаловирусная инфекция
• клинические особенности
• дети