EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS


Meaning of EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌep-ˌstīn-ˈbär- ]

noun

Etymology: Michael Anthony Epstein b 1921 and Yvonne M. Barr b 1932 English pathologists

Date: 1968

: a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 4 of the genus Lymphocryptovirus ) that causes infectious mononucleosis and is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma — abbreviation EBV

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