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Article: Research on Epstein-Barr virus reported by scientists at University of California.(Report)
- Article from:
- Virus Weekly
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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"The development of human periodontitis may depend upon cooperative interactions among herpesviruses, specific pathogenic bacteria and tissue-destructive inflammatory mediators. This study sought to identify associations among human cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and six putative periodontopathic bacteria in periodontitis lesions," scientists in the United States report (see also Epstein-Barr Virus).
"Fifteen periodontitis patients (nine with aggressive periodontitis and six with chronic periodontitis) and 15 periodontally normal subjects were included in the study. In each study subject, a microbiological sample was collected, using a curette, from the ...