Cancer virus : the story of Epstein-Barr virus /

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964. At the time, the very idea of a virus underlying a cancer was revolutionary. Cancer is, after all, not catching. Even now, the idea of a virus causing cancer surprises many people. But Epstein-Barr, named after its discoverers, Sir Anthony Epstein...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Crawford, Dorothy H. (Autor), Rickinson, Alan (Autor), Johannessen, Ingólfur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Cancer > Etiology.
Epstein-Barr virus.
Viral carcinogenesis.
Herpesvirus 4, Human
Cancer > Étiologie.
Virus Epstein-Barr.
Cancérogenèse virale.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Cancer > Etiology
Epstein-Barr virus
Viral carcinogenesis
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Out of Africa
  • The eureka moment
  • Convincing the sceptics
  • EBV in Africa : Burkitt lymphoma
  • EBV in Asia : nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • New EBV diseases : an accident of nature, an accident of medicine
  • Unexpected arrivals : Hodgkin lymphoma and the T/NK cell lymphomas
  • Prevention and cure
  • Making sense of a human cancer virus.

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