Roles of Lytic Viral Replication and Co-Infections in the Oncogenesis and Immune Control of the Epstein–Barr Virus

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is the prototypic human tumor virus whose continuous lifelong immune control is required to prevent lymphomagenesis in the more than 90% of the human adult population that are healthy carriers of the virus. Here, we review recent evidence that this immune control has not onl...

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Main Authors: Yun Deng, Christian Münz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/9/2275