Cytomegalovirus

Kissing disease' affecting adults rather than teenagers, often goes undiagnosed. Causes infectious mononucleosis syndrome alongside EBV, particularly in adults.

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There's a phenomenon called "CMV retinitis" in immunocompromised patients where the virus literally eats away at the retina, causing progressive blindness that advances in a characteristic "brushfire" pattern. Before effective HIV treatment, CMV retinitis was called "AIDS retinopathy."

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