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[Ancient variants of the Epstein-Barr virus (Herpesviridae, Lymphocryptovirus, HHV-4): hypotheses and facts.]
Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000
Smirnova K V, Senyuta N B, Lubenskaya A K, Dushenkina T E, Gurtsevich V E
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INTRODUCTION: Molecular studies have shown that viruses appeared in the early stages of the evolution of life. For millions of years, viruses have evolved by changing old and acquiring new sequences in their RNA or DNA. It is assumed that most viruses have common ancestors. Such an ancestor, an ancient strain, probably existed for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as well. AIM: To find out whether ancient strains of EBV...
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