Strong Correlations of Anti–Viral Capsid Antigen Antibody Levels in First‐Degree Relatives from Families with Epstein‐Barr Virus–Related Lymphomas
Author(s) -
Caroline Besson,
Corinne Amiel,
Catherine Lependeven,
Sabine Plancoulaine,
Colette Bonnardel,
Brigitte Ranque,
Karim Abbed,
Pauline Brice,
Christophe Fermé,
Patrice Carde,
Olivier Hermine,
Martine Raphaël,
JeanLouis Bresson,
JeanClaude Nicolas,
Antoine Gessain,
Guy deThé,
Laurent Abel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/597424
Subject(s) - virology , capsid , virus , antibody , epstein–barr virus , immunology , degree (music) , antigen , viral disease , biology , physics , acoustics
Markers of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection include anti-viral capsid antigen (VCA) immunoglobulin (Ig) G. High anti-VCA titers are associated with EBV-related lymphoproliferation, such as Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL).
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