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The reason so as to why Epstein-Barr virus shows no ill-effects when this virus infects at age one even when medical care is poor and shows severe reactions when individuals are infected after puberty even when medical care is good in industrialized areas.
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is also known as Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4). This virus is responsible for causing contagious mononucleosis. It is an enveloped virus with icosahedral capsid having double-stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) replicates inside the nucleus of host cells. It suppresses apoptosis of B-lymphocytes, which may also lead to cancer.
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