Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease

by R Glaser, D.V. Ablashi, M. Nonoyama, et al.

Since its discovery as the cause of infectious mononucleosis in 1964, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been etiologically implicated in an increasing number of human diseases. Generally considered the first human oncogenic virus because of a number of studies linking it with Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), as well as its documented oncogenicity in nonhuman primates, EBVhas served as a model for identifying subsequent candidate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461289408
• ISBN13: 9781461289401
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"