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. 1986 Nov 15;2(8516):1122-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90531-3.

A second site for Epstein-Barr virus shedding: the uterine cervix

J W Sixbey, S M Lemon, J S Pagano

A second site for Epstein-Barr virus shedding: the uterine cervix

J W Sixbey et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of the human uterine cervix was detected in 5 out of 28 women by means of culture and cytohybridization analysis of cervical secretions. Cervical samples from 2 of 14 women contained epithelial cells with EBV DNA, and filtered cervical washings from 4 women contained infectious EBV. The discovery of EBV shedding in its cell-free infectious form from the uterine cervix raises the possibility of venereal transmission, neonatal infection, and EBV involvement in cervical pathology.

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