The majority of the population tests positive for the Cytomeglovirus (CMV). However, what some physicians & researchers are seeing is that people who have chronic illnesses (CFS, fibro, autoimmune diseases, etc.) have high frequencies of viruses and other pathogens in their blood. This is somewhat controversial, but I don't care.... I'm getting better with treatment (I have CFS and am currently being treated for an intracellular bacterial infection).
Here is some research on this and some possible answers:
http://www.immed.org/illness/fatigue_illness_research.html
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I didn't know what CMV was until I did some quick research online. So, now I know it's in the same family as Epstein Barr. What led your doctor to testing for CMV in the first place? I have doctors who suspect that I have EBV in its inactive stage myself. Or, something in the same family anyway, being that shingles and chicken pox is in that family, too.
Here is the web page I just looked at http://www.cdc.gov/cmv/facts.htm. I don't know if it answers your question or not. From the look of things, CMV is fairly common. More of us have something like this than are even aware.