Preferred Label : Human Herpesvirus 5;
NCIt related terms : HCMV; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HHV-5; Human Betaherpesvirus 5;
NCIt definition : A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T 16 icosahedral symmetry
and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Cytomegalovirus
genus. The genome is composed of monopartite, linear double-stranded DNA. Human herpesvirus
5 is found in humans and causes mononucleosis-like symptoms in healthy individuals
and pneumonia, hepatitis, encephalitis, myelitis, colitis, retinitis, neuropathy,
mucoepidermoid carcinoma as well as other malignancies in immunocompromised persons,
organ transplant recipients and newborn infants. Human herpesvirus 5 is transmitted
congenitally or via direct person-to-person contact.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species human cytomegalovirus.;
Taxon ID : 10359;
Origin ID : C112314;
UMLS CUI : C0205725;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- Virus [UMLS semantic type]
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
