title: Epstein-Barr virus: comparison of different strains for their biological activities in vitro.
abstract: Several sources of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were tested for the ability to superinfect Raji cells or to transform human cord blood leukocytes. EBV prepared from P3HR-1 cells showed only the ability to superinfect Raji cells whereas EBV from QIMR-WIL cells from a cell line (CRU-L1) derived from an infectious mononucleosis (IM) patient or virus from throat washings from IM patients transformed human cord blood leukocytes, but did not superinfect Raji cells.
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007962:Leukocytes; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue; D010614:Pharynx / Q000166:cytology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014470:Umbilical Cord