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Epstein-Barr virus

Herpesvirus \Her"pes*vir`us\, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae, including among them such human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes, varicella-zoster virus ( Herpes zoster virus) causing shingles and chickenpox (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Epstein-Barr virus

1968, named for British virologist Michael Anthony Epstein and Irish-born virologist Yvonne M. Barr.

Usage examples of "epstein-barr virus".

For a year Perec had been afflicted by Epstein-Barr virus, a debilitating form of glandular fever, and had only just returned to the track.