Mountain gorilla lymphocryptovirus has Epstein-Barr virus-like epidemiology and pathology in infants

Abstract Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects greater than 90% of humans, is recognized as a significant comorbidity with HIV/AIDS, and is an etiologic agent for some human cancers. The critically endangered mountain gorilla population was suspected of infection with an EBV-like virus based on serology...

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Main Authors: Tierra Smiley Evans, Linda J. Lowenstine, Kirsten V. Gilardi, Peter A. Barry, Benard J. Ssebide, Jean Felix Kinani, Fred Nizeyimana, Jean Bosco Noheri, Michael R. Cranfield, Antoine Mudakikwa, Tracey Goldstein, Jonna A. K. Mazet, Christine Kreuder Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04877-1