Oral human cytomegalovirus prevalence and its relationships with periodontitis and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Mariko NAKAMURA (Author), Hideo SHIGEISHI (Author), SU Cheng-Yih (Author), Masaru SUGIYAMA (Author), Kouji OHTA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective This study aimed to clarify the association between oral human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and periodontitis in Japanese adults. Methodology In total, 190 patients (75 men and 115 women; mean age, 70.2 years) who visited Hiroshima University Hospital between March 2018 and May 2020 wer...