You may experience mild liver inflammation hepatitis. Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces few or no symptoms. Mononucleosis, also known commonly as mono, is a viral illness. Infectious mononucleosis is the name coined by sprunt and evans in 1920 1 for an acute infectious disease consisting of fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and pharyngitis accompanied by atypical large peripheral blood lymphocytes. Mononucleosis mono fact sheet what is mononucleosis mono.
If such pain occurs, seek medical attention immediately you may need surgery. Mononucleosis infecciosa pagina 2 articulos intramed. Whereas most ebv infections of infants and children are. Mononucleosis infecciosa by ricardo vicentino issuu. Mononucleosis infecciosa fundamentos del diagnostico. It can be caused by a number of pathogens, but this chapter only discusses infectious mononucleosis due to primary epsteinbarr virus ebv infection. Mono is caused by epsteinbarr virus ebv, a member of the herpesvirus family. We now know that the characteristic atypical lymphocytes, carefully described morphologically by downey and. In young adults, the disease often results in fever, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, and tiredness. In extreme cases, your spleen may rupture, causing sharp, sudden pain in the left side of your upper abdomen. Infectious mononucleosis im, mono, also known as glandular fever, is an infection usually caused by the epsteinbarr virus ebv. Vyas, md, phd, assistant professor in medicine, harvard medical school. Im is a clinical syndrome caused by epsteinbarr virus.
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