What Is EBV Antigen?

The EBV virus belongs to the herpes virus family and consists of double-stranded DNA, a capsid, and a lipid bilayer membrane. It was discovered by Epstein.Achong and Bar scientists in 1964 in cultured cells of patients with Burkit lymphoma. EBV infection is very common in the population, especially in childhood, and it can be latent throughout life. EBV can cause acute and chronic diseases, such as acute infectious mononucleosis and tumors, such as Burkit's lymphadenopathy, Hodgkin disease, nasopharyngeal pain, oropharyngeal squamous cell tumors, and T-cell malignancies. ^[1]