title: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). X. Incidence of EBV antibodies in patients with malignant tumors.
abstract: Serum samples from 31 patients with various types of malignancies, 18 patients with different viral infections and 6 healthy subjects as controls, were tested by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) method for antibodies against viral capsid antigens (VCA) and the presence of active EBV infection. EBV antibodies anti-VCA were detected in 19 patients with tumors, in 8 patients with viral infections and in 2 healthy subjects. EBV active infection was found out in 9/19, 3/8 and 0/2 EBV anti-VCA positive patients with malignancies, different viral infections and healthy subjects respectively.
authors.affiliation: Oncological Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baetoniu
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Pătraşcu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tache
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D012383:Romania
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral