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1Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD, UK. anthony.epstein@wolfson.ox.ac.uk.
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
|March 25, 2026
Abstract
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An account is given of the experiences and events which led to a search being undertaken for a causative virus in the recently described Burkitt's lymphoma and of the steps which ultimately culminated in the discovery of the new human herpesvirus which came to be known as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

