Meta-analysis of Epstein-Barr virus genomes in Southern Chinese identifies genetic variants and high risk viral lineage associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Ka Wo Wong; Kwai Fung Hui; Ki Pui Lam; Dora Lai-wan Kwong; Maria Li Lung; Wanling Yang; Alan K. S. Chiang

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012263

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Meta-analysis of Epstein-Barr virus genomes in Southern Chinese identifies genetic variants and high risk viral lineage associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Ka Wo Wong,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4042-7529

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Kwai Fung Hui,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ki Pui Lam,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dora Lai-wan Kwong,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Maria Li Lung,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wanling Yang,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Alan K. S. Chiang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chiangak@hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1089-5325

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Meta-analysis of Epstein-Barr virus genomes in Southern Chinese identifies genetic variants and high risk viral lineage associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Ka Wo Wong,
Kwai Fung Hui,
Ki Pui Lam,
Dora Lai-wan Kwong,
Maria Li Lung,
Wanling Yang,
Alan K. S. Chiang

Published: May 28, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012263

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