title: [The cell infected by cytomegalovirus].
abstract: Cytomegaloviruses are characterized by the long duration of their reproducible cycle, their narrow host range, their latency of infection properties of the subfamily beta-herpesviridae. The cell infection leads either to the production of infectious viruses, as in the human fibroblast which is the only permissive cell in vitro, or to a latent infection possibly reactivated in cases of cellular immunodepression. Although these viruses shave some of the properties of the oncogenic viruses, there is no definitive evidence that they cause human tumors. They should be considered as cocarcinogens.
authors.affiliation: Service Central de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferchal
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Perol
mesh_terms: D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000382:microbiology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses; D013045:Species Specificity; D014779:Virus Replication
vernacular_title: La cellule infectée par le cytomégalovirus.