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Virology Laboratory (VL)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Clinical Virology Program

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Contact Information

Lab Director: Kirsten St. George, MAppSc, PhD
Associate Director: Meghan Fuschino, MS
Telephone: (518) 474-4177

Certification Information

CLIA # 33D2005937
PFI # 8523
WHO Collaborating Laboratory
Disease:
  • Often asymptomatic
  • Mild mononucleosis-like illness with fever and malaise
  • Infection results in latency. Periodic reactivation with disease is usually only seen in immunosuppressed patients.
  • Multiple organ disease (immunosuppressed patients)
  • Retinitis and polyradiculomyelopathy (AIDS patients)
  • Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease (fetus or transplanted tissues and organs)
  • Encephalitis
Transmission:
  • Close physical contact, infected semen, blood transfusions. Maternal-fetal (from a reactivation or primary infection) and perinatal via cervical secretions or milk
Vaccination:
  • None available at this time
Age Association:
  • All age groups, but most often infants and young children
Geographic Distribution:
  • World wide
Seasonal Distribution:
  • All seasons
Preferred Specimens:
  • Urine, bronchoalveolar lavage, blood, CSF
Collection and Shipping:
Test Methods:Culture:
  • Conventional tube culture
 Molecular:
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