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Hairy Leukoplakia: an Unusual Combination of Transforming and Permissive Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
15 Aug 2000
Abstract excerpt
Human herpesviruses are characterized by distinct states of infection. Typically in permissive herpesvirus infection, abundant virus production results in cell lysis. In latent transforming Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, viral proteins that induce cell growth are expressed. The immunodeficiency-associated hairy leukoplakia (HLP) lesion is the only pathologic manifestation of permissive EBV infection;...
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