We could show that EBV vectors efficiently transduce different B-cell lines, primary resting B cells, and tumor cells of B-cell lineage. Vector-derived GM-CSF was expressed in sufficient amounts ...

Each CSF sample was tested with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for EBV-DNA. RESULTS: Thirty-one patients were included, 13 with PCNSL and 18 with nontumor disorders. In 11 PCNSL patients, EBV-DNA was ...

In 86 of these people (about 24%), EBV was found in the fluid around their brain and spinal cord (CSF). Out of those 86, 39 people were diagnosed with encephalitis that was definitely caused by EBV.

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3(2):82-94. EBV establishes latency in B lymphocytes, which adopt restricted patterns of EBV gene expression. EBV latency has been classified into three types ...