A second site for Epstein-Barr virus shedding: the uterine cervix.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of the human uterine cervix was detected in 5 out of 28 women by means of culture and cytohybridization analysis of cervical secretions. Cervical samples from 2 of 14 women contained epithelial cells with EBV DNA, and filtered cervical washings from 4 women contained infectious EBV. The discovery of EBV shedding in its cell-free infectious form from the uterine cervix raises the possibility of venereal transmission, neonatal infection, and EBV involvement in cervical pathology.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000382:microbiology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
D004279:DNA, Viral