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Long COVID: Epstein-Barr virus may offer clues

Around a third of people who have had COVID-19 experience symptoms lasting 12 weeks or more, including fatigue, “brain fog,” and skin rashes, collectively known as long COVID. Other symptoms include difficulty sleeping...

28 July, 2021

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NIH researchers make progress toward Epstein-Barr virus vaccine

A research team led by scientists from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has determined how several antibodies induced by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that causes infectious...

10 April, 2019

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“Kissing disease” virus promotes malignant breast cancer development

In our adolescent years, we would often snicker at other kids who were diagnosed with mononucleosis, as it was (and often still is) colloquially referred to as the “kissing disease.” However, in recent years mounting...

8 August, 2016

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