A rare case of Epstein-Barr virus-induced Bell palsy in an 18-year-old highlights the need for EBV testing in sudden facial ...

A Clay County, Missouri, judge has signed an order requiring Shanetta Bossell, the woman investigators say killed KCFD firefighter-medic Graham Hoffman, to test for infectious diseases after biting… ...

Mirzaei F, Ascherio A . Infectious mononucleosis and risk for multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis. Ann Neurol 2006;59:499–503. OpenUrl CrossRef PubMed Web of Science Google Scholar ↵ Ramagopalan SV, ...

INFECTIOUS mononucleosis, or glandular fever, was first described in 1889 by Pfeiffer.1 The earliest report on the subject in this country was that by West2 in 1896.

In a study of 300 cases of infectious mononucleosis, Read and Helwig 2 found only 6 cases with concomitant anemia; of these, 3 were associated with a rapidly developing leukopenia and ...

Medical history and laboratory tests indicated the presence of concurrent infectious mononucleosis. Case report On April 18, 2022, a 39-year-old Chinese woman complained of subacute binocular vision ...

Like all HHV infections, mononucleosis consists of a primary phase, latency and reactivation. Most infections with EBV are asymptomatic (95% of young adults will test positive for exposure to EBV).

Heterophile antibody test. This is the so-called monospot test. If positive, it may mean you have infectious mononucleosis. But this test may be falsely positive if you have another condition. Or it ...

Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is associated with primary infection by Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), a gamma herpesvirus. The incubation period is about 30–50 days. 1 Atypical lymphocytes are activated T ...