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    most common viruses in humans. EBV is a double-stranded DNA virus. EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) is the first identified oncogenic virus, or a virus that can...
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  • There are several forms of EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) infection. These include asymptomatic infections, the primary infection, infectious mononucleosis,...
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  • As of 2024[update], a vaccine against EpsteinBarr virus was not yet available. The virus establishes latent infection and causes infectious mononucleosis...
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    fever, is an infection usually caused by the EpsteinBarr virus (EBV). Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces few...
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  • was one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong. Epstein was born in London on 18 May 1921, and educated...
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  • EpsteinBarr virus–associated lymphoproliferative diseases (also abbreviated EBV-associated lymphoproliferative diseases or EBV+ LPD) are a group of disorders...
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  • (née Barr; 11 March 1932 – 13 February 2016) was an Irish virologist who co-discovered the EpsteinBarr virus (EBV), which, because it identified a virus as...
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  • EpsteinBarr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1) is a multifunctional, dimeric viral protein associated with EpsteinBarr virus (EBV). It is the only EBV protein...
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  • Paltrow's Goop column and his own website. William believes that the Epstein-Barr virus is responsible for multiple ailments, including cancer. He claims...
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    tissues. Risk factors for Hodgkin lymphoma include infection with EpsteinBarr virus and a history of the disease in the family. Risk factors for common...
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  • 1996) was a Trinidadian-born pathologist known for co-discovering the EpsteinBarr virus through use of electron microscopy. Achong was born in Trinidad and...
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    Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (category EpsteinBarr virus–associated diseases)
    with EpsteinBarr virus (EBV). The Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most common viruses. 95% of all people in the U.S. are exposed to this virus by the...
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  • cells of the immune system, such as B-cells in the case of EpsteinBarr virus. EpsteinBarr virus lytic reactivation (which can be due to chemotherapy or...
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  • EpsteinBarr virus viral-capsid antigen is an immunogenic antigen derived from the protein shell of the Epstein Barr Virus. Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) causes...
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    The EpsteinBarr virus–encoded small RNAs (EBERs) are small non-coding RNAs localized in the nucleus of human cells infected with EpsteinBarr virus (EBV)...
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  • The EpsteinBarr virus nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA-2) is one of the six EBV viral nuclear proteins expressed in latently infected B lymphocytes is a transactivator...
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  • diagnosed using In situ hybridization to detect EpsteinBarr virus–encoded small RNAs (i.e. EBERs) made by the virus. The malignant B lymphocytes in DLBCL-RT...
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    initial link between elevated antibodies and the EpsteinBarr virus led to the name "chronic EpsteinBarr virus syndrome". The CDC renamed it chronic fatigue...
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    often an Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease that complicates ~33% of individuals with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection...
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    Mosquito bite allergy (category EpsteinBarr virus–associated diseases)
    occurring in individuals that have an Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease, Epstein-Barr virus-negative lymphoid malignancy, or another...
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    immunity to virus caused by malaria might be to blame. EpsteinBarr virus is important in the history of viruses for being the first virus shown to cause...
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  • EpsteinBarr virus positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (EBV+ DLBCL, NOS) is a form of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL)...
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    Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (category EpsteinBarr virus–associated diseases)
    uncontrolled proliferation of B cell lymphocytes latently infected with EpsteinBarr virus (EBV). Production of an interleukin-10, an endogenous, pro-regulatory...
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    by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and can therefore present as an initial symptom of EBV mononucleosis, a disease caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection...
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    treatment of prostate cancer. Spironolactone has been found to block EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) production and that of other human herpesviruses by inhibiting...
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    hepatotropic viruses hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Other viruses can also cause liver inflammation, including cytomegalovirus, EpsteinBarr virus, and yellow...
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    Multiple sclerosis (category EpsteinBarr virus–associated diseases)
    fully understood. The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) has been shown to be directly present in the brain of most cases of MS and the virus is transcriptionally...
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    host. Viruses accepted to cause human cancers include some genotypes of human papillomavirus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, EpsteinBarr virus, Kaposi's...
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    T-cell lymphoma (category EpsteinBarr virus–associated diseases)
    associated with various risk factors and viruses such as EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) and human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV1). The prognosis and treatment...
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  • humans. Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a virus similar to HIV, is capable of infecting primates. The EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) is one of eight known...
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