background: the association of epstein-barr virus (ebv) with burkitt’s lymphoma (bl) is variable in different geographic regions. in developing countries, the association of ebv with bl is regarded to be of an endemic-type in equatorial africa ( > 95%) and sporadic-type in the developed countries (15-30%). the purpose of this study is to assess the frequency of ebv infection in bl, in iran. the...

background: due to underlying autoimmune background of guillain-barré syndrome (gbs), the possible role of infectious agents cytomegalovirus  (cmv) and  epstein-barr virus (ebv) and also due to association  of anti-ganglioside antibodies with gbs, the present study aimed to investigate the  associations   between serum anti-ganglioside antibodies (aga) level,  type  of  infection  and electrodi...

background and aims: epstein-barr (ebv) virus infection is very common in the population. virus belongs to the family herpesviridae, whose representatives are characterized by the ability to cause the human body latent persistent infections. the goal of study is to assess ebv infection frequency and pcr method in the choice of ebv in inflammatory eye disease, comparing with ebv presence in eye ...

background and objectives: epstein barr virus (ebv) is one of the members of herpesviridae family and a sub-category of gamma herpes virinae. ebv, which normally has cr2 or cd21 receptors on b-lymphocytes, has mutagenic features for them. the virus plays an important role in causing some malignant cancers. about 30% of the cases with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma are diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (dlb...

background epstein barr virus (ebv) is one of the most common viral infections in human population. ebv has a significant role in pathogenesis of hodgkin's lymphoma, burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. the role of ebv in non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, diffuse large b cell (nhl - dlbl) in the head and neck is controversial. objectives the purpose of this study is to find out the ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen were assayed serially in 19 patients with infectious mononucleosis and in 38 controls. Seventy-four percent of infectious mononucleosis patients demonstrated IgA antibody, whereas this was found in 13% of controls. This antibody appeared early in infectious mononucleosis and was virtually gone 10 weeks after onset. Com...

Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections remain one of the main concerns in the postoperative care of children with a liver transplantation. Most of the pediatric liver transplant recipients are seronegative for cytomegalovirus and/or Epstein-Barr virus at transplantation and this places them at marked risk for the development of cytomegalovirus/Epstein-Barr virus-related diseases. In ...

OBJECTIVES Pediatric renal transplant recipients are at increased risk of Epstein-Barr virus infection which may be due to the high percentage of Epstein-Barr virus seronegative recipients at the time of transplant in the pediatric age group. We aimed to assess the Epstein-Barr virus serostatus of recipients and donors and the incidence of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatri...

AIM To observe the frequency of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and its association with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection. SETTING This study included consecutive cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which were diagnosed in the Department of Pathology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi in the period of two years (1996-97). METHODS These tumors were initially evaluated on H&E staine...