Detection Of Epstein-Barr Virus (Ebv) In Lymphoma Through Qpcr

Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is linked to a number of malignant tumors of epithelial and lymphoid origin. There is a strong correlation between this virus and lymphoproliferative diseases such as Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and gastric carcinoma. There are various techniques developed to detect EBV in tumor cells: in situ hybridization (ISH) detects small coded RNAs (ribonucleic acid) to VEB (EBERs) in latently infected cells. This is considered the gold standard for virus identification. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allows the detection of the viral strain and represents an important fact in the virus diagnose. We conducted a retrospective study in paraffin from tissue samples of patients with lymphoma and we sought the virus through PCR and RISH. The virus prevalence was 58.82%, the most affected gender was male and the most affected group was 31/40 years. The virus was similar in both types of lymphoma: Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin. RISH technique seemed to be more efficient to detect the virus.