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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Epstein Barr virus causes autoimmunity by -
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The correct answer is  Polyclonal B cell activation: in this hypothesis, while an antigen generally activates only its corresponding B cell, ceain stimuli non specifically turn on multiple B cell clones. A Such stimuli include virus ( EB virus), enzymes (trypsin), bacteria ( mycoplasma) etc It is type 4 human herpes virus Reference : Anathanarayan & paniker's 9th edition, pg no: 179 <\p>