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Tissue specific distribution of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BZLF1 gene variants in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) bearing patients.
Virus research - 4 Dec 2001
Sacaze C, Henry S, Icart J, Mariamé B
Abstract excerpt
Using EBV BNLF1 gene polymorphism, we have recently shown that, in NPC bearing patients, lymphocytes and tumor cells of the same individual were infected by different viruses. It appeared as a rule that EBV infection was by multiple strains in these immunocompetent, HIV negative patients. Our data did not detect any evident association between tumor cells and a particular BNLF1 variant. In the present paper, we...
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