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. 2006 May;44(5):1873-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1873-1874.2006.

Increasing incidence of severe Epstein-Barr virus-related infectious mononucleosis: surveillance study

Pierre Tattevin  1 , Yves Le Tulzo, Sophie Minjolle, Arnaud Person, Jean Marc Chapplain, Cedric Arvieux, Remi Thomas, Christian Michelet
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Increasing incidence of severe Epstein-Barr virus-related infectious mononucleosis: surveillance study

Pierre Tattevin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May.

Abstract

Older patients are more susceptible to severe Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related infectious mononucleosis (IM). This condition may increase in industrialized countries where primary EBV infection occurs later in life. Between 1990 and 2004, 38 patients were admitted to our department with EBV-related IM. Two patients died. The annual incidence increased significantly (r = 0.623; P = 0.013).

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FIG. 1.
Numbers of patients admitted for EBV-related infectious mononucleosis in a department of infectious diseases and an ICU (1990-2004).
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