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Genotyping of Epstein-Barr virus in Brazilian Burkitt's lymphoma and reactive lymphoid tissue. Type A with a high prevalence of deletions within the latent membrane protein gene.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jan 1996
Chen W G, Chen Y Y, Bacchi M M, Bacchi C E, Alvarenga M, Weiss L M
Abstract excerpt
Both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) types A and B are found in endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) occurring in equatorial Africa. We studied 17 cases of Brazilian BL previously demonstrated to be EBV-positive to determine the EBV type as well as the presence of a characteristic 30 bp deletion within the 3' end of the latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) gene that may be important to the pathogenesis of several EBV-associated...
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