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Epstein-Barr Virus Strain Variation.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2015
Farrell Paul J
Abstract excerpt
What is wild-type Epstein-Barr virus and are there genetic differences in EBV strains that contribute to some of the EBV-associated diseases? Recent progress in DNA sequencing has resulted in many new Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome sequences becoming available. EBV isolates worldwide can be grouped into type 1 and type 2, a classification based on the EBNA2 gene sequence. Type 1 transforms human B cells into...
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