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. 2022 Dec 9;7:159. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00587-6

Table 3.

Outcomes of Nonhuman primate after EBV infection reflect different aspects of human diseases.

Animal models Reflection of human disease aspects
Cottontop tamarins (a) EBV infection; (b) Malignant lymphomas after challenge with high doses of EBV; (c) Large-cell lymphomas with multiple copies of the EBV genome (resembles the condition of PTLD patients)
Common marmosets (a) EBV infection; (b) Chronic infectious mononucleosis; (c) Lymphocytosis; (d) Production of heterophile antibodies; (e) long-term production of EBV-specific antibodies
Owl monkeys (a) EBV infection; (b) LPD

PTLD post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, LPD lymphoproliferative disease.