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Journal of Virology, February 2000, p. 1544-1548, Vol. 74, No. 3
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Novel Intertypic Recombinants of Epstein-Barr Virus in the Chinese Population

R. S. Midgley,1 N. W. Blake,1 Q. Y. Yao,1 D. Croom-Carter,1 S. T. Cheung,2 S. F. Leung,2 A. T. C. Chan,3 P. J. Johnson,3 D. Huang,2 A. B. Rickinson,1 and S. P. Lee1,*

CRC Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom,1 and Department of Pathology2 and Department of Clinical Oncology,3 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Received 2 July 1999/Accepted 1 November 1999

Among 34 Epstein-Barr virus isolates from nonimmunocompromised Chinese donors, we identified three intertypic recombinants with type 1 sequences at the EBNA2 locus and type 2 sequences at some or all of the EBNA3A, -3B, and -3C loci. These appear to have arisen from independent, evolutionarily recent recombination events; such events may be commoner in nonimmunocompromised populations than hitherto imagined.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: CRC Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-121-414-4485. Fax: 44-121-414-4486. E-mail: S.P.Lee{at}bham.ac.uk.


Journal of Virology, February 2000, p. 1544-1548, Vol. 74, No. 3
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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