Article
Genotypic analysis of Epstein-Barr virus isolates associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Chinese immigrants to the United States.
International journal of cancer - 15 Dec 1994
Lung M L, Chang G C, Miller T R, Wara W M, Phillips T L
Abstract excerpt
EBV genotypes of first- and second-generation Chinese diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the United States were analyzed by PCR techniques. Previous studies showed a geographical distribution of genotypically distinct sub-types of EBV. Viruses detected at a higher frequency among Chinese...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- California
- China
- Emigration and Immigration
- Genotype
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sensitivity and Specificity
