Microbiology – MCQ 75 – Epstein Barr (EB) virus associated conditions

Epstein Barr (EB) virus has been implicated in the following malignancies except:
A. Hodgkin‘s disease
B. Non Hodgkin‘s lymphoma
C. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
D. Multiple myeloma

Correct answer : D. Multiple myeloma

Epstein Barr (EB) virus associated conditions:

• Infectious mononucleosis
• Acute transverse myelitis
• Guillain Barre syndrome
• Aplastic anemia
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Peripheral neuritis
• T cell lymphoma
• Burkitt’s lymphoma
• Hodgkin’s disease
• CNS lymphoma
• Lymphoproliferative syndrome
• Gastric carcinoma
• Leiomyosarcoma
• Tonsillar carcinoma
• Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
• Thymoma
• Oral hairy leukoplakia (in adults with HIV)