Epstein-Barr virus infection in a patient with active pulmonary tuberculosis. A case report

Gledhill, R.F.; Greyling, M.

South African Medical Journal 70(12): 761-762

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 3024337
Document Number: 280032
Active pulmonary tuberculosis is highly prevalent among the black population but factors predisposing to a defective cellular immune response to the tubercle bacillus are not readily apparent in many. Serological evidence of a recent reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in such a patient could therefore be a relevant finding, since EBV has the potential to suppress cellular immune responses.

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