Tag - Mononucleosis

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A very common virus may be the trigger for multiple sclerosis

Scientists have long linked the virus that causes mono to MS. Evidence is mounting that a garden-variety virus that sometimes causes mono in teens is the underlying cause of multiple sclerosis, a rare neurological...

14 January, 2022

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NIH researchers make progress toward Epstein-Barr virus vaccine

A research team led by scientists from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has determined how several antibodies induced by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that causes infectious...

10 April, 2019

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Mexico Health & Infections: 90 percent of adult Mexicans carry Mononucleosis

Mononucleosis, nicknamed the “kissing disease,” has been found in 90 percent of adult Mexicans, specifically affecting seniors who contracted the disease when they were young adults. Once the herpes-like...

29 July, 2014

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