Patient with unusually severe infection leads scientists to a rare type of immune deficiency
Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 10:10
in Health & Medicine
It can turn the nuclei of human cells into kidney-shaped blobs, but it’s unlikely that you would have noticed anything when it infected you. Sometimes called the “stealth virus,” cytomegalovirus (CMV) is extremely common, affecting up to 90 percent of adults. But for the vast majority of individuals, whose immune systems function normally, it’s harmless—or […]