Epstein-Barr virus is a ubiquitous virus.
Infection is usually asymptomatic or associated with the syndrome of infectious mononucleosis.
However, this virus is consistently found in association with a variety of tumors, including African Burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, mixed cellularity Hodgkin's disease, post-transplant lymphoma and AIDS central nervous system lymphoma. Read our legal and disclaimer notice.