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Epstein-Barr virus
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Epstein-Barr virus

Virus that causes glandular fever. It is also implicated in nasopharyngeal cancer (rare in Europe but a scourge in Asia), Burkitt's lymphoma, and possibly Hodgkin's disease. Epstein-Barr virus is carried by 90% of people, and experimental vaccines are being developed against it.



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