Persistent Productive Epstein-Barr Virus Replication in Normal Epithelial Cells In Vivo
Walling D, Flaitz C, Nichols C, Hudnall S, Adler-Storthz K. Persistent Productive Epstein-Barr Virus Replication in Normal Epithelial Cells In Vivo. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2001, 184: 1499-1507. PMID: 11740724, DOI: 10.1086/323992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusEpstein-Barr virus replicationHairy leukoplakiaEBV replicationValacyclovir treatmentVirus replicationNormal tongue tissuesPersistent EBV infectionProductive EBV replicationReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction amplificationOral hairy leukoplakiaEpithelial cellsOral epithelial lesionsTongue epithelial cellsEBV infectionNormal epithelial cellsEBV DNAImmunodeficiency virusBiopsy specimensEpithelial lesionsImmunohistochemical detectionLeukoplakiaPolymerase chain reaction amplificationTongue tissueChain reaction amplification