Air-Liquid Interface Method To Study Epstein-Barr Virus Pathogenesis in Nasopharyngeal Epithelial Cells

ABSTRACT Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous gammaherpesvirus that establishes a latent reservoir in peripheral B-lymphocytes with sporadic reactivation. EBV also infects epithelial cells, predominantly resulting in a lytic infection, which may contribute to EBV transmission from saliva. In the...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A. Caves, Sarah A. Cook, Nara Lee, Donna Stoltz, Simon Watkins, Kathy H. Y. Shair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-08-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00152-18