EBV Real-TM Quant PCR Kit

Real Time Amplification kit test for the quantitative detection of EBV

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Background

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), or human herpesvirus 4, is a gammaherpesvirus that infects more than 95% of the population. The most common manifestation of primary infection with this organism is acute infectious mononucleosis, a self-limited clinical syndrome that most frequently affects adolescents and young adults. Classic symptoms include sore throat, fever, and lymphadenopathy. However, Epstein-Barr virus is also a human tumor virus, the fi rst virus associated with human malignancy. Infection with Epstein-Barr virus is as-sociated with lymphoproliferative disorders, especially in immunocompromised hosts, and is associated with various tumors, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Burkitt lymphoma.