Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection and related diseases
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[Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection].
The ubiquitous Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which establishes latency after primary infection, does not cause any symptomatic diseases as long as cellular immunity is intact. In apparently immunocompetent individuals, a chronic infection can develop, and this has been called as chronic active EBV infection (CAEBV). CAEBV is characterized by chronic or recurrent infectious mononucleosis-like sympto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0911-4300,1349-7413
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.26.283