Epstein Barr virus
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Burkitt's lymphoma virus, glandular fever virus, human gammaherpesvirus 4
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Broader Terms
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Related Terms
Burkitt's lymphoma, mononucleosis, oncogenic virus
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Scope Note
infects B-cells in humans; thought to be the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis and is strongly associated with oral hairy leukoplakia, Burkitt lymphoma, and other malignancies.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- What diseases does the virus cause? The Epstein-Barr virus is thought to be responsible for a number of diseases in addition to glandular fever (otherwise known as infectious mononucleosis) and Burkitts lymphoma.
- Multiple Viral Triggers But an MS expert who spoke to WebMD says he remains skeptical that Epstein-Barr virus is the single, infectious culprit responsible for the disease.
- Epstein-Barr virus is relevant to multiple sclerosis because several studies have shown that people with MS have higher than expected levels of antibodies to the virus.
- " Yet under certain circumstances, Epstein-Barr virus is far from benign.
- (2000) Epstein-Barr virus is present in neoplastic cytotoxic T cells in extranodal, and predominantly in B cells in nodal T non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
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