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This infectious disease, Infectious
Monocleosis or Glandular Fever, is caused by a virus, the name of which
is the Epstein-Barr virus (E.B.V.).
Young adults are predominantly affected and the virus is invariably
spread by saliva, as in kissing.
Clinically the patient develops a fever, becomes unusually tired, has
a sore throat and may develop a rash which may be of brief duration.
Many patients have no symptoms at all though. There may be enlargement
of the lymphatic glands particularly in the neck area. The spleen may
be enlarged and this will be detected on clinical examination.
There can be complications (Menigitis) - fortunately this is rare. Blood
investigation will reveal lymphocytes which are atypical. The diagnosis
is confirmed if a reaction, know as the Paul-Bunnell reaction, is positive
(this is an agglutination or clumping of sheep red cells by heterophile
antibodies).
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