Why do we have a vaccine for measles, but not cytomegalovirus (CMV)?

Mark R. Schleiss; Sallie R. Permar; Stanley A. Plotkin

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1014136

Why do we have a vaccine for measles, but not cytomegalovirus (CMV)?

Mark R. Schleiss
, Sallie R. Permar
, Stanley A. Plotkin

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	e1014136
Journal	PLoS pathogens
Volume	22
Issue number	5 May
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014136
State	Published - May 2026

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