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Through kiss you may catch cytomegalovirus infection - the virus of millennium - a virus of cytomegalovirus infection, which World Health Organization included in the list of those determining in this millennium.
This virus is revealed in urine of every hundredth new-born child. Among the children of 1 every fifth is already infected. To 35 years 40 percents of population become infected with this dangerous infection. At the same time, it’s almost impossible to protected yourself from a virus. And an ordinary kiss becomes the most often reason of infection.
That is why this infection deserved the name ‘‘illness of kisses’’.
Such statistics doesn’t mean at all that the whole population of planet is incurably ill. Being in the organism, virus rarely declares itself, only sometimes causing common cold. But if immunity of a man is weakened – illness can show itself in various forms.
Specific medications against infection do not exist. However you can strengthen immunity and, in addition, if doctor assigns, take appropriate tests.