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Epstein Barr Virus Volume 1: One Herpes Virus: Many Diseases

By Christian Münz (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-319-22821-1, 978-3-319-22822-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22822-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8859349 bytes)
Series
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 390
Edition
1
Pages
VIII, 391\387
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Virology

Description

Epstein Barr virus (EBV) was discovered as the first human tumor virus around 50 years ago. Since its discovery in Burkitt’s lymphoma it has been associated with various other malignancies, infectious mononucleosis and even autoimmune diseases. The two book volumes on EBV summarize the first 50 years of research on this tumor virus, starting with historical perspectives on discovery, oncogenicity and immune control, reviewing the role that the virus plays in the various associated diseases and concluding with a discussion on how the immune system keeps persistent EBV infection under control in healthy EBV carriers and can be used to treat EBV associated diseases. The respective 32 chapters are written by international experts from three continents for health care providers, biomedical researchers and patients that are affected by EBV. The assembled knowledge should help to understand EBV associated diseases better and to develop EBV specific vaccination in the near future.

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