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Preface
Patronage of the Meeting, Sponsors and Acknowledgments
Cytomegalovirus Persistence: Escape from Cell-Mediated Immunosurveillance 1
Mechanisms of Immunosuppression by Human Cytomegalovirus 12
Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in Transplant Recipients: Role of TNF-[alpha] for Reactivation and Replication of Human Cytomegalovirus 29
Pathogenesis of Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection in Neonatal Mice 42
Cytomegalovirus as a Perturbing Factor in a Graft/Host Equilibrium: Havoc at the Endothelial Interface 54
Current Antiviral Therapy Fails to Prevent the Pro-Inflammatory Effects of Cytomegalovirus Infection, Whilst Rendering Infected Cells Relatively Resistant to Immune Attack 67
Cytomegalovirus, Oxidative Stress and Inflammation as Interdependent Pathomechanisms: Need for Novel Therapeutic Strategies? 90
Cytomegalovirus Infection following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 106
Cytomegalovirus Pathogenesis after Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation 119
Two Types of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Memory Responses: Potential Role of Donor Infected Target Cells in Recruitment of Activated T Cells to the Graft 129
Role of Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Processes of Organ Allograft Rejection 142
Role of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Transplant Arteriosclerosis 158
CMV Retinitis: Clinical Experience with the Metal Chelator Desferrioxamine 173
Drug Resistance and the UL97 Gene of Human Cytomegalovirus 180
Antiviral Agents That Are Active against CMV: Potential of Cidofovir for the Treatment of CMV and Other Virus Infections 193
Cidofovir, a New Addition to the Available Therapies against Cytomegalovirus 215
New Anti-CMV Strategies 229
Immunomodulation with Intravenous Immunoglobulins in the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus-Associated Immunopathology and Autoimmune Diseases 239
Analytical Performance of a Quantitative CMV DNA Detection Method 252
Relationship between Monitoring the Viral Load in Blood, Human Cytomegalovirus Pathophysiology and Management Strategies of Patients after Transplantation 262
Quantitative Cytomegalovirus Detection 280
Relative Importance of Cytomegalovirus Load as a Risk Factor for Cytomegalovirus Disease in the Immunocompromised Host 288
Author Index 302
Subject Index 303