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Is there a link between the epstein-barr virus and any type of leukemia?
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EBV and burkitts: Endemic burkitts lymphoma is associated with epstein-barr virus ( ebv). Burkitts lymphoma can transform to more agreesive form of burkitts leukemia.
Answered 10/1/2016
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