Antimicrobials use and infection hospital contacts as proxies of infection exposure at ages 0–2 years and risk of infectious mononucleosis
Abstract Infectious mononucleosis (IM) often results from late primary infection with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). Exposure to EBV at ages 0–2 years from, e.g., siblings therefore protects against IM. Using Danish registers, we therefore followed children born in 1997 through 2015 from age 3 years for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48509-3 |