Diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus in infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-540

  Dohno, Sumitaka ^a   Maeda, Akihiko ^a   Ishiura, Yoshihito ^a   Sato, Tetsuya ^a   Fujieda, Mikiya ^a   Wakiguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

antibody; Epstein Barr virus; infant; infectious mononucleosis; virus load

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS;

EID: 77955776872     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03087.x     Document Type: Article

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