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Epstein-Barr Virus

How Infection and Inflammation Can Lead to Cancer

New research is emerging that suggests a link between infection-related diseases and risk of cancer, according to findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st annual meeting. “Chronic or recurrent inflammatory conditions appear to ...More
April 19, 2010
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Researchers Find More Evidence Linking Epstein-Barr Virus and MS Risk

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and a team of collaborators have observed for the first time that the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases by many folds following infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). ...More
March 4, 2010
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Epstein-Barr Virus May Be Associated with Progression of MS

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the pathogen that causes mononucleosis, appears to play a role in the neurodegeneration that occurs in persons with multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Trieste, Italy, have shown. Multiple sclerosis ...More
March 2, 2009
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Researchers Find Association Between Epstein-Barr Virus, Inflammatory Diseases of the Mouth

PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry have found that a significant percentage of dental patients with the inflammatory diseases irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis also have the Epstein-Barr virus. The ...More
November 10, 2008
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Scientists Discover Crucial Control in Long-Lasting Immunity After Infection

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an infection. Their ...More
October 13, 2008
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Antiviral Therapy Following Dental Treatment May Inhibit Herpesviruses

Treatment with an antiviral drug following dental work may decrease levels of herpesviruses in saliva say researchers from Kentucky. Their findings appeared in the May 2005 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. With more than 95 percent of the adult ...More
June 7, 2005
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