Yarrish R L, Wormser G P, Bittker S J, Aron-Hott L, Cabello F, Huang E S
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595.
Postgrad Med. 1989 Jan;85(1):251-4. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1989.11700551.
Existing evidence has convincingly established that young children often transmit cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection to their parents. What proportion of these parental infections lead to clinical disease is unknown, but this sequence of events is probably not rare. Physicians seeing young adults with prolonged but otherwise nondescript febrile illness should inquire about the presence of young children in the household. Parental CMV infection is not limited to parents whose children attend day-care centers or are cared for in neonatal intensive care units. As in our case of the febrile father, it may be strictly a family affair.
现有证据已确凿地证实，幼儿常常将巨细胞病毒（CMV）感染传播给他们的父母。这些父母感染中导致临床疾病的比例尚不清楚，但这种事件顺序可能并不罕见。诊治患有持续时间较长但其他方面无明显特征的发热性疾病的年轻人的医生，应该询问其家中是否有幼儿。父母感染CMV并不局限于孩子参加日托中心或在新生儿重症监护病房接受护理的父母。就像我们这个发热父亲的病例一样，这可能完全是家庭内部的事情。
