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An Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) mutant with enhanced BZLF1 expression causes lymphomas with abortive lytic EBV infection in a humanized mouse model.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2012
Ma Shi-Dong, Yu Xianming, Mertz Janet E, Gumperz Jenny E, Reinheim Erik, Zhou Ying, Tang Weihua, Burlingham William J, Gulley Margaret L, Kenney Shannon C
Abstract excerpt
Immunosuppressed patients are at risk for developing Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-positive lymphomas that express the major EBV oncoprotein, LMP1. Although increasing evidence suggests that a small number of lytically infected cells may promote EBV-positive lymphomas, the impact of enhanced lytic gen...
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