Wolf H, Haus M, Wilmes E
J Virol. 1984 Sep;51(3):795-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.51.3.795-798.1984.
Two independent techniques, in situ hybridization on frozen sections and reassociation kinetics, have been used to localize Epstein-Barr virus genomes in tissue samples from healthy human adults. Whereas specimens taken from the palatine tonsils were invariably negative, all samples from the parotid gland were positive when tested with either technique. This observation suggests that the parotid gland is, besides the peripheral lymphocytes, a site of lifelong persistence of Epstein-Barr virus and probably the site of low-level virus production which may be the source of virus found in the oropharynx.
两种独立的技术，即冷冻切片原位杂交和复性动力学，已被用于在健康成人的组织样本中定位爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒基因组。取自腭扁桃体的标本始终呈阴性，而用这两种技术检测时，来自腮腺的所有样本均呈阳性。这一观察结果表明，除了外周淋巴细胞外，腮腺是爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒终身持续存在的部位，可能也是低水平病毒产生的部位，而低水平病毒产生可能是口咽部发现的病毒来源。
