Epstein-Barr virus infection and gastric carcinoma in São Paulo State, Brazil

• Published in: Brazilian journal of medical and biological research Vol. 37; no. 11; pp. 1707 - 1712
• Main Authors: Lopes, L F, Bacchi, M M, Elgui-de-Oliveira, D, Zanati, S G, Alvarenga, M, Bacchi, C E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 01.11.2004
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adenocarcinoma - virology; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; BIOLOGY; Brazil; Epstein-Barr virus; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections - diagnosis; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections - pathology; Female; Gastric carcinoma; Herpesvirus 4, Human - isolation & purification; Humans; In Situ Hybridization; Male; MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL; Middle Aged; RNA, Viral - analysis; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Stomach Neoplasms - virology; Brazil; Brazil; Gastric carcinoma; Epstein-Barr virus; In situ hybridization

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus, and most people have serological evidence of previous viral infection at adult age. EBV is associated with infectious mononucleosis and human cancers, including some lymphomas and gastric carcinomas. Although EBV was first reported in lymphoepith...