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ArticleIndian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion2019

Detection of EBV DNA in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients in Bulgaria.

Tsvetelina Kostadinova, Liliya Ivanova Ivanova, Tatina Todorova Todorova, Zhivka Stoykova, Dobromir Staykov, Merlin Efraim, Liana Gercheva

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Article in Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Tsvetelina Kostadinova1Medical College, Medical University Varna, 55, Marin Drinov Str., 9002 Varna, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-6760-8043
Liliya Ivanova Ivanova2Department of Microbiology and Virology, Medical University Varna, Varna, Bulgaria.
Tatina Todorova Todorova4Department of Preclinical and Clinical Sciences, Medical University Varna, Varna, Bulgaria.
Zhivka Stoykova2Department of Microbiology and Virology, Medical University Varna, Varna, Bulgaria.
Dobromir StaykovCenter for Transfusion Hematology, Varna, Bulgaria.
Merlin Efraim6Clinic of Hematology, University Hospital "St. Marina", Varna, Bulgaria.
Liana Gercheva6Clinic of Hematology, University Hospital "St. Marina", Varna, Bulgaria.
Medical University of Varna · BGUniversity Hospital St. Marina · BG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus is the first human oncogenic virus associated with a broad range of different malignant diseases but its role in non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) development still needs to be fully understood. High expression levels of EBV major genes are found in NHL tumor cells and free viral DNA circulates in the plasma of such individuals. In the current study we detected EBV DNA levels in plasma samples from NHL patients in order to validate its significance as a laboratory marker for disease monitoring. We investigated a cohort of 52 patients diagnosed with NHL in The University Hospital "St. Marina" Varna, Bulgaria. Viral DNA was extracted from single plasma samples using Kit Ribo Virus (Sacace Biotechnologies S.r.l., Como, Italy) and amplified with EBV Real-TM Quant (Sacace Biotechnologies S.r.l., Como, Italy). Plasma samples of the same patients were tested for presence of EBV VCA IgM/IgG antibodies with indirect ELISA tests (Euroimmun, Luebeck, Germany). We found 15.4% (95% CI 6.9-28.1%, n = 8) of the samples from NHL patients to be positive in quantitative PCR (range 674-221,333 copies/ml). The diffuse large B cell lymphomas and peripheral T cell lymphomas were most often associated (although not statistically significant,

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EBV DNAEpstein–Barr virusNon-Hodgkin lymphoma

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