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A global phylogenetic analysis of Japanese tonsil-derived Epstein-Barr virus strains using viral whole-genome cloning and long-read sequencing.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Mar 2021
Yajima Misako, Kakuta Risako, Saito Yutaro, Kitaya Shiori, Toyoda Atsushi, Ikuta Kazufumi, Yasuda Jun, Ohta Nobuo, Kanda Teru
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) establishes lifelong latent infection in the majority of healthy individuals, while it is a causative agent for various diseases, including some malignancies. Recent high-throughput sequencing results indicate that there are substantial levels of viral genome heterogeneity among different EBV strains. However, the extent of EBV strain variation among asymptomatically infected individuals...
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