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Epstein-Barr virus strain characterisation in South African patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomas.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Janse van Rensburg E, van Heerden W F, Robson B A, Swart T J, Engelbrecht S
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been implicated in various diseases, among others, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). In this study we investigated the frequency and subtype distribution of EBV in 39 NPCs. The presence of EBV was detected by using a nested PCR to amplify the Bam Hl W-fragment of the genome. Two regions were targeted for subtype analysis, namely the EBNA-2A and EBER regions. PCR was used to...
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