Objective To determine the prevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and plasma level of its neutralizing antibody in hypertension patients, so as to discuss the association between HCMV infection and hypertension. Methods A total of 51 anti-coagulated blood samples were collected from hypertension patients and the 50 control samples were obtained from age- and sex-matched healthy controls in the Second People’s Hospital of Anhui Province from Jan. 2013 to Apr. 2013. Neutralizing antibody level was analyzed by rapid fluorescence micro-neutralization; plasma anti-HCMV IgG and anti-HCMV IgM were determined by enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA), and HCMV UL93 DNA was detected by nested PCR. Results The positive rates of HCMV UL93 DNA and anti-HCMV IgG in hypertension patients were significantly higher than those in healthy controls (72.55% vs 56.00% for UL93 DNA and 70.59% vs 50.00% for IgG, P<0.05). The positive rates of anti-HCMV IgM were not significantly different between the two groups (3.92% vs 2.00%, P>0.05). The geometric mean titer of HCMV neutralizing antibody was 38.56±20.42 in hypertension patients, which was significantly lower than that in healthy controls (60.12±25.38, P=0.0326). Conclusion HCMV positive rate is higher in hypertension patients than in healthy controls; however, the specific neutralizing antibody level of HCMV is greatly lower than that in healthy controls, suggesting that the humoral immune status is declined in hypertension patients and there is a correlation between HCMV infection and hypertension.