When Do You Need to Have an Epstein-Barr Virus Test? The Epstein-Barr virus causes infectious mononucleosis and other illnesses. It's spread primarily through saliva by kissing or sharing food and ...

Measuring a patient's ratio of white blood cell types may help physicians accurately distinguish between the similar conditions infectious mononucleosis and bacterial tonsillitis, potentially guiding ...

Epstein-Barr virus-positive infectious mononucleosis (EBV-mono) is associated with a threefold higher multiple sclerosis risk ...

Can a person have mononucleosis more than once? Will monospot or heterophile antibody tests stay positive for life? — David Cooper, PA-C, Fayetteville, Pa. Mononucleosis is caused by Epstein-Barr ...

Researchers have found a way to detect persistent Epstein-Barr virus directly from routine blood-based genome sequencing, bypassing the antibody tests that have defined EBV diagnostics for decades.

SAN DIEGO — Researchers identified patients who tested positive for the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) 9 years after they were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), challenging the idea that MS always ...

Mononucleosis, often referred to as “mono” or “the kissing disease,” is commonly associated with teenagers and young adults. This nickname arises from its primary transmission mode: through saliva, ...

Population screening of asymptomatic persons with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) DNA or antibodies has improved the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and survival among affected persons. However, the ...

The study demonstrated that a risk-based screening algorithm for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) control in a high-risk population is effective, and several refinements to this algorithm to improve ...

If you have a sore throat, swollen tonsils, or swollen lymph nodes, especially on the sides of the neck, these could be mono ...