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Prevalence of EBV in Household Contacts of Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the major cause of infectious mononucleousis and has been associated with Burkitt’s lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (1,2,3). The persistence and spread of virus occur in the oral cavity, but the mechanisms of persistence and the exact site of virus production are obscured. Seroepidemiologic studies have shown that the virus spreads efficiently among human populations which acquire antibodies to EBV. In a limited number of studies, it has been found that occurrence of interpersonal transmission of the virus is very low or not at all (4,5).

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  1. Hellenic Anti-cancer Institute, Athens, Greece

    S. D. Kottaridis, R. Goula & G. Stathopoulos

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  1. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    P. H. Levine  & D. V. Ablashi  & 

  2. Showa University Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

    M. Nonoyama

  3. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D C, USA

    G. R. Pearson

  4. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    R. Glaser

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Kottaridis, S.D., Goula, R., Stathopoulos, G. (1987). Prevalence of EBV in Household Contacts of Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. In: Levine, P.H., Ablashi, D.V., Nonoyama, M., Pearson, G.R., Glaser, R. (eds) Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease. Experimental Biology and Medicine, vol 15. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4590-2_29

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