How to Use Epstein-Barr virus in a Sentence

Epstein-Barr virus

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  • Summary The Epstein-Barr virus is a very common virus that will affect most people at some point during their lives.
    — Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 25 Mar. 2024
  • For example, the Epstein-Barr virus is linked to multiple sclerosis.
    — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Researchers also found a herpes virus, an enterovirus and Epstein-Barr virus, which can cause mononucleosis.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Like Hodgkin lymphoma, a prior Epstein-Barr virus infection increases your risk.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • There’s consensus that a surge in the Epstein-Barr virus has an association with some cancers of the stomach, nasal system and blood.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • These include Epstein-Barr virus, varicella zoster (chicken pox), and Lyme disease.
    — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Many cases, but not all, seem to develop in the aftermath of an acute infection, for example with the Epstein-Barr virus or other bugs.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Pathogens like Epstein-Barr virus have been named as likely culprits behind chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Another was a history of Epstein-Barr virus, which many people can have at a younger age (typically as mononucleosis) and then lives on in the body.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Increasing evidence has also linked the Epstein-Barr virus — a member of the same herpesvirus family — to multiple sclerosis.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
  • This does exhaust her sometimes; in 2022, she was forced to take time off after health scares that included having surgery to treat endometriosis and a flare-up of the Epstein-Barr virus.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 29 May 2023
  • Some experts believe that environmental factors, such as getting the Epstein-Barr virus, may trigger MS in people who are already at risk for the condition5.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Nov. 2021
  • She has been given various diagnoses, including Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2020
  • There are other viral illnesses that produce a post-viral fatigue syndrome, such as infectious mononucleosis, often referred to as mono, which is more commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • In 2018, Anthony was forced to retire from competitive racing after contracting the Epstein-Barr virus.
    — Brion O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Those include cytomegalovirus, which can affect people across their life span, and Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis and was recently implicated in multiple sclerosis.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • An infection with Epstein-Barr virus does not necessarily cause symptoms, especially among children, though the virus is also the most common cause of mononucleosis (often referred to as mono).
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Studies have linked long Covid to immune dysfunction, chronic inflammation, tiny blood clots that depleted the brain of oxygen, and even the Epstein-Barr virus, which strong evidence suggests may cause multiple sclerosis.
    — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Epstein-Barr virus is believed to be the possible trigger of autoimmune conditions such as lupus and multiple sclerosis, and even the flu has been associated with the onset of Type 1 diabetes.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • For Woodruff, The Green Kitchen was born out of her own healing journey after overcoming the Epstein-Barr virus and heavy metal toxicity through mindful eating and nutrient-dense foods.
    — Wyles Daniel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And scientists have recently learned that infection with the common Epstein-Barr virus seriously increases the risk of a person developing the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The research, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, suggests that Epstein-Barr virus — which 95% of people acquire at some point in life — could cause lupus by driving the body to attack its own healthy cells.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Multiple sclerosis is often associated with the commonplace Epstein-Barr virus, rheumatic fever with the same bacteria that cause strep throat, and Lyme, famously, with bites from ticks that carry a spirochete called Borrelia burgdorferi.
    — Ross Douthat, Star Tribune, 2 Feb. 2021
  • The fallout from that ordeal, in addition to being diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus, led to Barber pulling out of a main event fight against fellow Coloradan Rose Namajunas at Ball Arena that July.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which nearly all of us carry for life – is directly responsible for hijacking our immune system's cells to cause lupus, a chronic disease that affects up to a million Americans.
    — New Atlas, 21 Nov. 2025
  • LimmaTech is working on vaccine candidates for bacterial infections, including Staphylococcus aureus, while Vaccine Company’s pipeline includes a potential vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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