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Epstein-Barr virus Definition


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Epstein-Barr virus
noun
    1. A virus which causes glandular fever and is associated with various human cancers, eg Burkitt's lymphoma.
Etymology: 1960s: from M A Epstein and Y M Barr, British virologists, who first isolated the virus in 1964.



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