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A case of severe chronic active infection with Epstein-Barr virus: immunologic deficiencies associated with a lytic virus strain.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Sept 1999
Schwarzmann F, von Baehr R, Jäger M, Prang N, Böhm S, Reischl U, Wolf H, Bieger W P
Abstract excerpt
Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is a self-limiting, lymphoproliferative disease induced by primary infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Infection with EBV leads in general to lifelong asymptomatic persistence of the virus. We report the case of a woman who acquired IM at the age of 15 years and then suffered from recurrent high fever, fatigue, and signs of immunologic disorder for more than 12 years until...
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