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EB Viral Genomes in Epithelial Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells

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PATIENTS with nasopharyngeal carcinomas regularly show high antibody titres directed against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific antigens1,2. The incidence of tumours is high in certain populations of South-east Asia, central Africa and Tunisia, but low in most other parts of the world3,4.

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  1. VOLKER BECKER: Pathologisch-anatomisches Institut der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 852 Erlangen, Loschgestrasse 7

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WOLF, H., HAUSEN, H. & BECKER, V. EB Viral Genomes in Epithelial Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells. Nature New Biology 244, 245–247 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244245a0

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