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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pagano JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6025560 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancers 20180613 6
Epstein⁻Barr virus (EBV) infects up to 95% of the adult human population, with primary infection typically occurring during childhood and usually asymptomatic. However, EBV can cause infectious mononucleosis in approximately 35⁻50% cases when infection occurs during adolescence and early adulthood. Epstein⁻Barr virus is also associated with several B-cell malignancies including Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. A number of antiviral drugs have p ...[more]