"Cytomegalovirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of the family HERPESVIRIDAE, subfamily BETAHERPESVIRINAE, infecting the salivary glands, liver, spleen, lungs, eyes, and other organs, in which they produce characteristically enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusions. Infection with Cytomegalovirus is also seen as an opportunistic infection in AIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003587
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.382.150.150 B04.909.204.382.150.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytomegalovirus- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegaloviruses
- Salivary Gland Viruses
- Salivary Gland Virus
- Virus, Salivary Gland
- Viruses, Salivary Gland
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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