Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can lead to chronic disease due to its ability to enter a latent state in B cells, potentially causing B-cell lymphoma upon reactivation.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a virus that can enter a latent state leading to chronic disease. EBV goes into latency in B cells of the immune system and can reactivate years later to produce B-cell lymphoma. Other examples of diseases that go into a latent state include herpes simplex viruses [HSV-1 and HSV-2] and varicella-zoster virus [VZV].
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