EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Epstein-Barr virus mean? 

• EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (noun)
  The noun EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China

  Familiarity information: EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

EBV; Epstein-Barr virus

Hypernyms ("Epstein-Barr virus" is a kind of...):

herpes; herpes virus (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)

 Context examples 

Small non-coding RNA that is encoded by Epstein-Barr virus DNA and transcribed by virally-infected cells throughout the latent cycle.

(Epstein-Barr Virus Early RNA, NCI Thesaurus)

Epstein-Barr virus is present in all cases.

(Epstein-Barr Virus Positive Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Elderly, NCI Thesaurus)

The Epstein-Barr virus has been detected in all patients.

(Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is produced by T-cells and B-cells and shows extensive homology with the Epstein-Barr virus BCRFI gene.

(Interleukin-10, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Both Burkitt leukemia and Burkitt lymphoma have been linked to infection with the Epstein-Barr virus.

(Burkitt leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

An assessment of Epstein-Barr virus infection based on a panel of EBV antigen antibody tests.

(Epstein-Barr Virus Profile Interpretation, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of Epstein-Barr virus viral load present in a sample.

(Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A common, acute infection usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN).

(Infectious Mononucleosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An epithelial hyperplasia on the surface of the tongue associated with Epstein-Barr virus and found almost exclusively in persons with HIV infection.

(Hairy Leukoplakia of Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)

Aberrant expression of this gene is induced by Epstein-Barr virus and may be associated with virally-induced neoplasms.

(GPR18 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)