Evidence of Epstein-Barr Virus in Female Breast Cancer

Farbod Alinezhad¹, Mahin Ahangar Oskouee^{2

3}, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi^{2

3}, Siamak Tamiri Oskouee⁴, Heidar-Ali Esmaeili⁵

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
² Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³ Department of Microbiology & Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
⁵ Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Farbod Alinezhad et al. Iran J Public Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;50(2):425-427.

doi: 10.18502/ijph.v50i2.5368.

Farbod Alinezhad¹, Mahin Ahangar Oskouee^{2

3}, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi^{2

3}, Siamak Tamiri Oskouee⁴, Heidar-Ali Esmaeili⁵

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
² Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³ Department of Microbiology & Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
⁵ Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

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