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>Is this worth it to be tested against, preventively ? Unless you're pregnant or immunocompromised, no. IIRC roughly 70% of adults in developed nations and 10
by Amorymeltzer 3y ago
>Is this worth it to be tested against, preventively ?
Unless you're pregnant or immunocompromised, no. IIRC roughly 70% of adults in developed nations and 100% elsewhere have CMV.
- dopylitty 3y agoCMV is crazy. 10-50% of your T-cells will be dedicated just to it as you get older. It changes all kinds of things in the immune system too.[0] But also most people have it so it’s hard to say whether somehow treating it would be beneficial. 0: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6635032/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6635032/