EBV is so prevalent that an estimated 90 percent of individuals will be infected by the time they are 20. Once inside the ...

but EBV is cleverer than most viruses. Although the immune system controls the infection, it is unable to completely eradicate the virus as it hides inside a type of immune cell called a B cell ...

Leukemia cells containing Epstein-Barr Virus CDC, PAUL M. FEORINO When Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes cancer, it usually does so by hijacking two cellular mechanisms. First, the virus deregulates MYC ...

B-cells, a type of white blood cell ... reducing the body’s ability to fight EBV. As a result, the virus multiplies, prompting the body to produce more immune cells that remain ineffective.

A Michigan college student was diagnosed with three incurable diseases after catching a common 'kissing virus.' Last year, at age 19, Devyn Carr was diagnosed with mononucleosis, a viral illness ...

After infection, the virus becomes latent in the body ... and nonhuman primates that inhibited EBV entry into both B cells and epithelial cells, and that dual mode of action is key to ...

Dr. Stephen Hauser knows that science doesn't always march in a straight line, but the UCSF neurologist's scientific journey ...