Asymptomatic primary infection with Epstein-Barr virus: observations on young adult cases
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is typically acquired asymptomatically in childhood. By contrast, infection later in life often leads to infectious mononucleosis (IM), a febrile illness characterised by anti-EBV IgM antibody-positivity, high loads of circulating latently-infected B cells, and a marked lymp...
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American Society for Microbiology
2017
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