Persistence of Epstein-Barr virus in the parotid gland

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-206934

Wolf, Hans J. ; Hausmann, M. ; Wilmes, E.

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Abstract

Two independent techniques, in situ hybridization on frozen sections and reassociation kinetics, have been used to localize Epstein-Barr virus genomes in tissue samples from healthy human adults. Whereas specimens taken from the palatine tonsils were invariably negative, all samples from the parotid gland were positive when tested with either technique. This observation suggests that the parotid ...