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EBV strain variation: geographical distribution and relation to disease state.
Virology - 1 Sept 1992
Abdel-Hamid M, Chen J J, Constantine N, Massoud M, Raab-Traub N
Abstract excerpt
The strains of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were characterized in epithelial and lymphoid malignancies from geographic regions with high or low incidence. The predominant strains in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from regions with elevated incidence were EBV type 1 in southeast Asia and Mediterranean Africa. In Alaskan Eskimos, a distinct variant of EBV type 2 was found in NPC and carcinoma of the parotid gland. This...
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