By IDSE News Staff
Cystic fibrosis patients who are infected with cytomegalovirus may experience faster disease progression than uninfected patients, according to a new study.
Signs of faster progression in CF included earlier times to lung transplant referral and reaching the final stages of the disease.
The researchers looked at the cytomegalovirus (CMV), a typically harmless type of herpesvirus that often is contracted in late adolescence and early adulthood. It is estimated that more than 90%