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The Pathogenesis of Epstein-Barr Virus Persistent Infection #MMPMID23683686
Thorley-Lawson DA; Hawkins JB; Tracy SI; Shapiro M
Curr Opin Virol 2013[Jun]; 3 (3): 227-32 PMID23683686show ga
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) maintains a lifelong infection. According to the germinal center model (GCM), latently infected B cells transit the germinal center (GC) to become resting memory cells. Here, the virus resides quiescently, occasionally reactivating to infect new B cells, completing the cycle of infection. The GCM remains the only model that explains EBV biology and the pathogenesis of lymphoma. Recent work suggests modifications to the model notably that the virus contributes only modestly to the GC process and predictions from mathematical models that quiescence within memory B cells shapes the overall structure of viral infection but is not essential for persistence. Rather, it is the cycle of infection which allows viral persistence at the very low levels observed.