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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and lymphomagenesis.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Feb 2002
Cesarman Ethel
Abstract excerpt
Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is a gamma herpesvirus that is associated with several specific lymphoid malignancies, some of which occur more frequently in immunocompromised individuals. EBV infection is almost ubiquitous in healthy adults, so establishing a causal role in lymphomagenesis has been difficult. Support for EBV being an oncogenic virus is derived from its ability to infect and transform normal human...
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