In 1961, a surgeon working in Uganda, Denis Burkitt, presented the results of his research to staff at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School in Britain. He reported that the incidence of a certain tumour in African children had a geographic distribution corresponding to rainfall and temperature patterns.
The disease, which affects about 8 in every 100,000 children in parts of Africa and Papua New Guinea, quickly became known as Burkitt's lymphoma. The influence of climate on its incidence seemed to suggest that some biological factor was involved. Three researchers, Michael Anthony Epstein, Yvonne M Barr and B.G. Achong, immediately began looking for possible cancer causing viruses in samples of the tumour sent from Uganda to Britain.
In 1964, they identified the culprit using an electron microscope: a previously unknown member of the herpes family of viruses. Epstein and Barr were awarded the dubious honour of having the pathogen named after them.
some German doctors in the 1880's
Epstein barr is a virus, not a medicine
The Epstein Barr Virus causes mononucleosis. Symptoms of infection with the Epstein Barr Virus include extreme fatigue, sore throat, loss of appetite, body aches, and headache.
The Epstein-Barr virus is a type of virus from the herpes family. You can get it by coming into contact with an infected person, for example through kissing.
Epstein-Barr is the virus that causes mononucleosis.
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Epstein and Barr were two medical researchers. It was named in the early 1960's.
No, it is caused by a virus, the Epstein-Barr virus.
The Epstein Barr virus causes mononucleosis. While this is not a terribly serious condition it does lead to extreme fatigue that can take months to recover from.
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Epstein-Barr virus.
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The abbreviation EBV stands for the Epstein-Barr Virus. The Epstein-Barr Virus is one of the most common human viruses in existence. It is in the herpes family,