Assessment of immunological changes in Epstein-Barr virus co-infection in Egyptian chronic HCV patients

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) plays a major role in liver pathology. Similar to other members of the herpesvirus family, EBV establishes a persistent infection in more than 90% of adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of EBV and chronic hepatitis C co-infection (HCV) on biochemical and...

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Main Authors: Sahar Shoman, Mohamed Nabil, Ashraf Tabl, Hussam Ghanem, Sherif El kafrawy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2014-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000600722&lng=en&tlng=en