Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Epstein Bar viruses (EBV)48

Infection with EBV is wide spread and most infections are asymptomatic. The link between EBV and a variety of lymphoproliferative disease is now clear.

1.EBV is the causative organism of the classical infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever)

2. Other EBV associated diseases are:

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Burkitt's lymphoma
Oral hairy leukoplakia (seen in AIDS patients)
Hodgkin's disease
T cell lymphoma

The virus is excreted and transmitted via the saliva and multiply in the oropharyngeal mucosa. EBV receptors are also present on B-lymphocytes

then about Infectious Mononucleosis ( Glandular Fever)

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