Infection by Epstein-Barr virus in Fes (Morocco). Prevalence and predictors of positivity in nasopharyngeal cancer

• Main Authors: Mehdi El- (Author), Rodrigo Jiménez-García (Author), Rafael Linares- (Author), María A. Palomar-Gallego (Author), Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo (Author), Ana López- (Author), Luis Vázquez-Vázquez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence and genotypic distribution of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in a sample of patients of Hassan II University Hospital (Morocco) due to nasopharyngeal pathologies and requiring a biopsy. We identified factors associated to the EBV infection. Methods: 112 patients wer...