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The article is about animal CMVs, not human CMV. "Nuismer and Redwood both say it is highly unlikely that a CMV-based vaccine could ever jump species given the
by fsh 5y ago
The article is about animal CMVs, not human CMV.
"Nuismer and Redwood both say it is highly unlikely that a CMV-based vaccine could ever jump species given the virus’s biology. Although the evolutionary factors underlying CMV’s species-specificity are not entirely known, there has never been a documented case in the wild or in a laboratory of a successful cross-species CMV infection."