EBV infection weakens the recombination enzyme that mediates the maturation of B cells and results in the misfiring of myc expression.

EBV contains  oncogene that promotes the lymphoma

EBV infection and Malaria infection occur to the same group of people and increase their risk of mutations in white blood cells.

EBV  carries v-myc gene which is a strong oncogene to promte the cell proliferation and eventually leads to cancer