For years scientists have suspected that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—a type of herpesvirus that infects 94 percent of the ...

One of the world's most common viral infections could underlie virtually every case of lupus, according to a recent study ...

Barr virus—but new research reveals how it can hijack immune cells, sparking a chronic disease that attacks the body from ...

One of humanity's most ubiquitous infectious pathogens bears the blame for the chronic autoimmune condition called systemic ...

New research from Stanford University links the Epstein-Barr virus to lupus disease, showing how the virus can push immune ...

Lupus has been linked to the Epstein-Barr virus – which causes glandular fever, or mono – before, but we now have evidence of ...