Table 1.

Different latent states of Epstein–Barr virus in EBV-associated neoplasms

EBV latent type	EBV latent genes	Diseases
I	EBNA-1, EBERs	BL
II	EBNA-1, LMP-1, LMP-2A, LMP-2B, EBERs, BARTs	NPC, HL, EBV-GC, NK/T cell lymphomas
III	EBNA-1, LMP-1, LMP-2A, LMP-2B, EBNA-2, EBNA-3A/B/C/LP, EBERs, EBV-miR-BHRF1/BARTs	AIDs-related NHL, partial BL (after extensive passage in vitro), PTLD, DLBCL