title: Tumor Associations of EBV--Historical Perspectives.
abstract: This is a brief history of our collaborative work with Werner and Gertrude Henle, Francis Wiener, George and Yanke Manolov, and others on the association of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with Burkitt lymphoma and other human tumors. Special emphasis is put on the question where EBV is a true cancer virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden. gk-secretary@mtc.ki.se.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*