Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of most diseases of the heart and blood vessels -- collectively referred to as cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cardiovascular disease accounted for nearly 1 in every 3 deaths in 2010.
The Epstein-Barr virus, also called EBV, is an extremely common virus that infects most people at one time or another during their lifetimes. Epstein-Barr virus infection generally causes a minor cold-like or flu-like illness, but, in some cases, there may be no symptoms of infection.In adolescents and young adults, the Epstein-Barr virus can cause mononucleosis, which is a more serious illness.pstein-Barr virus is very contagious and spreads from person to person through intimate contact with the saliva of a person who has the Epstein-Barr virus. As many as 95% of all adults have had an Epstein-Barr virus infection at some point in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
EpsteinâBarr virus (EBV) is a double-stranded DNA virus with a genome of 172 kb, belonging to the herpes virus family. The main targets of EBV are B cells, but in some circumstances EBV also infects other cells, such as T cells and epithelial cells. In virus particles, the genome is in a linear form.