PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS USING AMINOPEPTIDASE

摘要

The invention provides a method for the prevention or treatment of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof an amount of an aminopeptidase, a fragment of an aminopeptidase, an inhibitor of an aminopeptidase and/or an antibody against an aminopeptidase therapeutically effective to provide such prevention or treatment. The invention also provides a method for removal of CMV virions or CMV infected cells from body fluids or bone marrow and a method and kit for diagnosis of CMV infection.