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Navigating Human Cytomegalovirus (Hcmv) Envelopment And Egress, William Longeway Close
Navigating Human Cytomegalovirus (Hcmv) Envelopment And Egress, William Longeway Close
Wayne State University Dissertations
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous viral pathogen. In individuals with fully functioning and mature immune systems, HCMV is associated with mild symptoms prior to establishing latency. In individuals with naïve or compromised immune systems, HCMV is capable of causing severe organ damage. HCMV is the leading infectious cause of congenital birth defects and a major non-genetic cause of hearing loss. Unfortunately, antiviral treatment options lack diversity due to limited knowledge of virion replication. If HCMV replication were better understood, new antiviral treatments could be developed.
In this work, we describe the development and implementation of new tools to study …