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A cancer-associated Epstein-Barr virus variant with epithelial tropism.
Trends in microbiology - 1 Dec 2013
Frappier Lori
Abstract excerpt
A recent study has identified an Epstein-Barr virus variant from nasopharyngeal carcinoma with unusually high tropism for epithelial cells and low tropism for B cells, as well as a propensity to enter the lytic cycle in both cell types. The results suggest the existence of EBV variants with increased cancer risk.
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