Epstein Barr Virus Volume 1 (eBook)

Preface.- History.- Chap. 1 Why and How Epstein-Barr Virus was discovered 50 years ago - Anthony Epstein, University of Oxford, UK.- Chap. 2. Tumor associations of EBV – historical perspectives - George Klein, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.- Chap. 3. EBV-specific immune response: early research and personal reminiscences – Denis J. Moss and Viviana P. Lutzky, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.- Virus genetics and epigenetics.- Chap. 4. Epstein Barr virus strain variation - Paul J. Farrell, Imperial College, London, UK.- Chap. 5. Chromatin Structure of Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Episomes  – Paul M. Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.- Chap. 6. The epigenetic life cycle of Epstein-Barr virus - Wolfgang Hammerschmidt, Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany. Chap. 7. Epstein-Barr virus: from the detection of sequence polymorphisms to the recognition of viral types - Regina Feederle, Olaf Klinke, Anton Kutikhin, Remy Poirey, Ming-Han Tsai and Henri-Jacques Delecluse, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.- Viral infection and associated diseases.- Chap. 8. EBV persistence – introducing the virus – David A. Thorley-Lawson, Tufts University, Boston, USA.- Chap. 9. Infectious mononucleosis – Samantha K. Dunmire, Kristin A. Hogquist and Henry H. Balfour, Jr., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.- Chap. 10. Primary immunodeficiencies associated with EBV disease - Jeffrey I. Cohen, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.- Chap. 11. Burkitt’s lymphoma – Rosemary Rochford  and Ann M. Moormann, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, and Upstate University of New York, Syracuse, USA.- Chap. 12. Contribution of the Epstein-Barr virus to the pathogenesis of Hodgkin lymphoma – Paul Murray and Andrew Bell, University of Birmingham, UK.- Chap. 13. The role of EBV in the pathogenesis of diffuse large B cell lymphoma – Jane A. Healy and Sandeep S. Dave, Duke University, Raleigh, USA.- Chap. 14. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma:  an evolving role for the Epstein Barr virus – Nancy Raab-Traub, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.-Chap. 15. EBV and autoimmunity – Alberto Ascherio and Kassandra Munger, Harvard University, Boston, USA.- Index.