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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is linked to a spectrum of human diseases including epithelial and lymphoid malignancies in which it exists predominantly in a latent state. EBV is capable of establishing replicative infection at oropharyngeal and genital sites. Replicative EBV infection also occurs in oral hairy leukoplakia, in EBV associated lymphoproliferative disorders, and to a minor degree in nasopharyngeal carcinomas. Recent evidence also suggests that EBV replication, also, may be associated with AIDS related lymphomas and Hodgkin's disease. However it is widely believed that virus in circulating B-lymphocytes and in B-cell malignancies is stringently latent. We now show that by Southern blot analysis we can detect replicative forms of virion DNA in 14.5% (8 of 55) of EBV-positive Burkitt's lymphoma biopsies. This may be the explanation for the elevation of the titres of lytic cycle EBV antigens that is associated with presentation and relapse of EBV associated Burkitt's lymphoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0145-2126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
285-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Replicative viral DNA in Epstein-Barr virus associated Burkitt's lymphoma biopsies.
pubmed:affiliation
Lymphoma Biology Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't