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Detection and quantification of latently infected B lymphocytes in Epstein-Barr virus-seropositive, healthy individuals by polymerase chain reaction
1 Nov 1992
Abstract excerpt
We designed a highly sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related sequences in B-cell DNA of EBV-seropositive healthy individuals. By using this assay, we were able to amplify at least 10 copies of a plasmid containing the BamHI-W region, which is repeated up to 11 times within the EBV genome, in the presence of 1 microgram of EBV-negative DNA,...
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