Viral Latency
Partial viral gene expression during reactivation makes the connection to EBV easy to miss clinically. EBV persists inside host cells in a dormant, non-replicating state indefinitely after initial infection. Dormant EBV resides particularl…
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Partial viral gene expression during reactivation makes the connection to EBV easy to miss clinically. EBV persists inside host cells in a dormant, non-replicating state indefinitely after initial infection. Dormant EBV resides particularly in B lymphocytes, waiting for conditions that allow reactivation. EBV reactivation does not necessarily reproduce the full original infection.