We first screened primary nasopharyngeal epithelial cells (NPEC03 and NPECw), immortalized nasopharyngeal epithelial cells (NP69, NPEC1-Bmi1 and NPEC2-Bmi1) and nasopharyngeal cancer cells (SUNE1, SUNE2, 6-10B, CNE1, CNE2 and HNE1) to identify cell lines with higher infection efficiency by using the recombinant Akata GFP-EBV, which expresses high levels of gB. The gene discussed is BMI1; the disease is infection.