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Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is able to immortalize human B-lymphocytes with high efficiency. This property underlies the role of EBV in a number of human diseases. First, EBV is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis, which is a benign proliferation of B-lymphocytes (1). Second, EBV is involved in the etiology of Burkitt's lymphoma (2) and of invasive B-lymphocyte proliferations found in immunosuppressed individuals (3).Entities:
Year: 1992 PMID: 21390714 DOI: 10.1385/0-89603-191-8:213
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745