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

JAUNDICE in infectious mononucleosis was first described in 1923 by Downey and McKinlay. 1 Since that time, scattered reports of its occurrence have appeared. 2–21 Martin, 8 in 1941, described ...

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).

INFECTIOUS mononucleosis is complicated by nonicteric hepatitis in most patients. 1,2 Confirmation of this generalization is found in a study of patients with infectious mononucleosis during which ...

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 ...

EBV antibody tests are useful in identifying the cause of illness in people who do not have a typical case of infectious mononucleosis or have other illnesses that EBV infection can cause.