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Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Families with a Childhood Index Case of Infectious Mononucleosis

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infectious mononucleosis (IM) and even subclinical EBV infections have traditionally been reported to occur uncommonly among intimate contacts of an index case (1). Yet EBV infections must spread efficiently because most children become infected early in life (2). The present study addressed inconsistencies on transmission patterns of EBV in prior reports by prospectively evaluating families with a childhood index case of EBV-IM.

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  2. C.V. Sumaya, W. Henle, G. Henle, M.D.H. Smith, and D. LeBlanc, J. Infect. Dis 131, 40 (1975)

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  1. University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX, 78284, USA

    Ciro V. Sumaya & Yasmin Ench

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  1. Ciro V. Sumaya
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  1. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    P. H. Levine  & D. V. Ablashi  & 

  2. Showa University Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

    M. Nonoyama

  3. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D C, USA

    G. R. Pearson

  4. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    R. Glaser

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Sumaya, C.V., Ench, Y. (1987). Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Families with a Childhood Index Case of Infectious Mononucleosis. In: Levine, P.H., Ablashi, D.V., Nonoyama, M., Pearson, G.R., Glaser, R. (eds) Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Disease. Experimental Biology and Medicine, vol 15. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4590-2_8

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