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Cancer virus : the story of Epstein-Barr virus Dorothy H Crawford, Alan Rickinson, Ingólfur Johannessen

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: 208 pages : illustrations 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199653119
  • 0199653119
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR400.2.E68 CRA
Contents:
1 - Out of Africa; 2 - The eureka moment; 3 - Convincing the sceptics; 4 - EBV in Africa : Burkitt lymphoma; 5 - EBV in Asia : nasopharyngeal carcinoma; 6 - New EBV diseases : an accident of nature, an accident of medicine; 7 - Unexpected arrivals : Hodgkin lymphoma and the T/NK cell lymphomas; 8 - Prevention and cure; 9 - Making sense of a human cancer virus.
Summary: The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964. At the time, the very idea of a virus underlying a cancer was revolutionary. Cancer is, after all, not catching. Even now, the idea of a virus causing cancer surprises many people. But Epstein-Barr, named after its discoverers, Sir Anthony Epstein and Dr. Yvonne Barr, is fascinating for other reasons too. Almost everyone carries it, yet it is only under certain circumstances that it produces disease. It has been associated with different, apparently unrelated, diseases in different populations: Burkitt's Lymphoma, producing tumors in the jaw, in African children; a nasal tumor in China; glandular fever in Europe and the USA; and the majority of cases of Hodgkin's Disease everywhere. This book tells the story of the discovery of the virus, and the recognition of its connection with these various diseases-- an account that spans the world and involves some remarkable characters and individual stories.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 - Out of Africa; 2 - The eureka moment; 3 - Convincing the sceptics; 4 - EBV in Africa : Burkitt lymphoma; 5 - EBV in Asia : nasopharyngeal carcinoma; 6 - New EBV diseases : an accident of nature, an accident of medicine; 7 - Unexpected arrivals : Hodgkin lymphoma and the T/NK cell lymphomas; 8 - Prevention and cure; 9 - Making sense of a human cancer virus.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964. At the time, the very idea of a virus underlying a cancer was revolutionary. Cancer is, after all, not catching. Even now, the idea of a virus causing cancer surprises many people. But Epstein-Barr, named after its discoverers, Sir Anthony Epstein and Dr. Yvonne Barr, is fascinating for other reasons too. Almost everyone carries it, yet it is only under certain circumstances that it produces disease. It has been associated with different, apparently unrelated, diseases in different populations: Burkitt's Lymphoma, producing tumors in the jaw, in African children; a nasal tumor in China; glandular fever in Europe and the USA; and the majority of cases of Hodgkin's Disease everywhere. This book tells the story of the discovery of the virus, and the recognition of its connection with these various diseases-- an account that spans the world and involves some remarkable characters and individual stories.

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