Epidemiology of Epstein-Barr virus infection and infectious mononucleosis in the United Kingdom

• Main Authors: Ashvin Kuri (Author), Benjamin Meir Jacobs (Author), Nikki Vickaryous (Author), Julia Pakpoor (Author), Jaap Middeldorp (Author), Gavin Giovannoni (Author), Ruth Dobson (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Background Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous gamma-herpesvirus with which ~ 95% of the healthy population is infected. EBV infection has been implicated in a range of haematological malignancies and autoimmune diseases. Delayed primary EBV infection increases the risk of subsequent c...