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The Epstein-Barr Virus
The Epstein-Barr Virus is most commonly known as the human herpes virus. It mainly targets B-lymphocyte cells and nasopharyngeal cells and often stays dormant in the lysogenic phase until conditions allow them to revert back to the lytic phase in which they may reactivate and cause infectious mononucleosis. The objective was to perform studies of a possible link between the Epstein-Barr Virus and Autoimmune Thyroid disorders through a series of studies including in-vitro tests on thyroid tissue specimens taken from patients with autoimmune thyroid disorders. A hypothesis states that in genetically vulnerable patients, B-cells infected with the Epstein-Barr virus seed the thyroid gland, make antibodies and send co-stimulatory signals to T-Cells.
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