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SUBMITTER: Machon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715670 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190829 1
Herpesviridae is a vast family of enveloped DNA viruses that includes eight distinct human pathogens, responsible for diseases that range from almost asymptomatic to severe and life-threatening. Epstein-Barr virus infects B-cells and epithelial cells, causing infectious mononucleosis, as well as a number of cancers. Epstein-Barr infection cannot be cured since neither vaccine nor antiviral drug treatments are available. All herpesviruses contain a linear double-stranded DNA genome, enclosed with ...[more]