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Expression of B-type Epstein-Barr virus in HIV-infected patients and cardiac transplant recipients.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Nov 1992
Kyaw M T, Hurren L, Evans L, Moss D J, Cooper D A, Benson E, Esmore D, Sculley T B
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained from HIV+ subjects as well as cardiac transplant recipients, and the presence of A- and B-type Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was determined using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Of the HIV+ patients studied, 24% were found to be infected with A-type EBV, 27% with B-type EBV, and 39% with both A and B virus types. Analysis of PBMCs from...
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