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Epstein‐Barr Virus: The First Human Tumor Virus and its Role in Cancer
15 Nov 1999
Abstract excerpt
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is classically associated with three malignancies, Burkitt's lymphoma. B-cell lymphoproliferative syndromes, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and, more recently, with Hodgkin's disease, T-cell lymphomas, and gastric carcinoma, as well as being the causal agent for infectious mononucleosis. The relation of the virus to the malignancies varies from primary etiologic agent to necessary or...
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