Vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells are unlikely to be major sites of latency of human cytomegalovirus in vivo

• Published in: Journal of general virology Vol. 85; no. 11; pp. 3337 - 3341
• Main Authors: Reeves, Matthew B, Coleman, Heather, Chadderton, Jean, Goddard, Martin, Sissons, J. G. Patrick, Sinclair, John H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.11.2004; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cells, Cultured; Cytomegalovirus - physiology; DNA, Viral - analysis; Endothelial Cells - virology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human cytomegalovirus; Humans; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - virology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Virology; Virus Latency; Human; Endothelial cell; Microbiology; Herpesviridae; Smooth muscle; Betaherpesvirinae; Human cytomegalovirus; Latency; Virology; Infection; Virus; In vivo; Viral disease

1 University of Cambridge, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK 2 Department of Histopathology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK Correspondence John H. Sinclair js{at}mole.bio.cam.ac.uk Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a frequent cause of major diseas...