Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 242-248.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-5817.2014.03.016

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The Research Progress on Simian Cytomegalovirus

WANG Sha-sha, HE Zheng-ming   

  1. National Institutes of Food and Drug Control,Beijing 10050, China
  • Received:2014-04-10 Online:2014-06-25 Published:2014-06-25

Abstract: Simian cytomegalovirus(SCMV) were the prototypic members of the beta herpesvirus subgroup, a group of DNA virus with segment rounded. Like all herpesvirus, they shared the similar structure characteristics, and could initiate persistent latent infection. Recently, SCMV were wildly concerned as the best suited model for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) research, and the study of infection route, pathogenic mechanism and diagnosis and treatment for SCMV could lay a foundation for those of HCMV. This article reviewed the discovery , classification, biological characteristics, infection characteristics and immunological response, detections of SCMV, vaccines reserch and development prospects so as to provide some useful insights for researchers.

Key words: Simian Cytomegalovirus, Biological characteristics, Detection, Vaccines

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