Ep|stein-Barr virus

Ep|stein-Barr virus
Ep|stein-Barr virus «EHP styn BAHR»,
a virus found to be associated with various types of human cancers. It was first isolated by the British virologists M. A. Epstein and Y. M. Barr in 1964. »

A recent development in the study of infectious mononucleosis is the evidence indicating that its cause may be a herpes-like virus, called the Epstein-Barr virus (Alfred S. Evans).


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