Talk:Epstein-Barr virus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of the Viruses WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve and organize articles about biological viruses on Wikipedia. Please work to improve this article, or visit our project page to find other ways of helping. Thanks!
B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the assessment scale.
High	This article is has been assigned a high-importance to the Viruses WikiProject.
Article Grading: The article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need.

Barbara Windsor

She suffered this virus and she (as a celebrity) had to quit the popular English soap EastEnders. Anyone else know any famous celebrities who had the virus? Good news though, she is returning this summer to the soap.

David Vetter died as a result of this virus causing cancer, and also provided the first hard evidence linking this virus to the cancer. References here and here. Eythian 05:37, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

1 Testing/treatment
2 Chronic EBV
3 Why EBV and not EBAV?
4 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
5 Paul-Bunnell test
6 STD?

[edit] Testing/treatment

I'd like to see a small section covering this. If no one else tackles it, I will :) Also, it would be nice to see a summary of all four EBV-related antibodies (VCAG, VCAM, EA, EBNA). I think I need more time to write this stuff! Korvac 19:58, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Your credentials suggest that you would be the perfect author of such a section. Heck, I wouldn't even know which antiviral would work for EBV. JFW | T@lk 20:53, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

There is some evidence to suggest that the antiviral drug Valacyclovir (aka Valtrex) is effective in the management of EBV. This drug is commonly prescribed for herpes infections such as cold sores/ genital herpes/ shingles but it appears that it is also effective against EBV since it is also a herpes virus. Valtrex effectively interferes with the virus' DNA and stops replication which allows the body to fight it off quicker. I have spoken to a few people who have tried this drug and it really worked for them - they currently take valtrex in small doses to stop the virus reactivating. There have also been a few trials of this drug for EBV and all have shown that it is indeed effective (all candidates who took the drug got better quicker - compared to those taking the placebo) One such trial - http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20060108_204056_4552

Which clinical manifestation of EBV are you referring to? Mononucleosis? JFW | T@lk 21:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chronic EBV

I have added the link http://cebv.info/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26 . There was some dispute over this link as to whether or not it should be on Wikipedia. It is not spam, it is not my personal webpage, and it is a very helpful resource and community for people looking for more information and personal accounts on Epstein-Barr. --Theunwillingparticipant 04:01, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

It is a forum, not a source of information. Forums are very poor candidates for external linking. And this page is about the virus, not the "chronic EBV syndrome", better known as chronic fatigue syndrome. JFW | T@lk 23:58, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Why EBV and not EBAV?

It would be nice to have a note explaining why the name fails to credit the third co-discoverer. Gdr 12:02, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

-- Just the way history turned out. I have heard Epstein make the very same point in a symposium (EBV 25 years on) - that Achong's contribution was not less than that of Barr. But it is unlikely that this will change - the name is too widely used.

[edit] Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

it talks about how the southern chinese are more prone to it since they consume a lot of smoked fish - i wonder if it is also the case with the Maori of New Zealand and Norwegians, since their diet consists mainly of smoked fish?

202.37.167.102 05:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul-Bunnell test

it would be nice if someone could put together a article or a small stub on paul-bunnell test which is used to detect heterophile agglutinin related to EBV

202.37.167.102 05:27, 10 September 2006 (UTC)