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Infection of Human B Lymphocytes with Lymphocryptoviruses Related to Epstein-Barr Virus
1 Apr 1998
Abstract excerpt
Lymphocryptoviruses (LCVs) naturally infecting Old World nonhuman primates are closely related to the human LCV, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and share similar genome organization and sequences, biologic properties, epidemiology, and pathogenesis. LCVs can efficiently immortalize B lymphocytes from the autologous species, but the ability of a given LCV to immortalize B cells from other Old World primate species is...
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