PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T W Hoskins
AU  - W B Fletcher
AU  - J M Blake
AU  - M S Pereira
AU  - J M Edwards
TI  - EB virus antibody and infectious mononucleosis in a boarding school for boys.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.29.1.42
DP  - 1976 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 42--45
VI  - 29
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/29/1/42.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/29/1/42.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1976 Jan 01; 29
AB  - A study of EB virus antibody was undertaken in a boarding school for boys between 11 and 18 years of age; 35% of boys had EBV antibody when first sampled and a small number acquired antibody each year. Some of these boys had had no recorded illness during the period before the first positive sample and some developed classic infectious mononucleosis which was accompainied by a positive heterophil antibody test and detection of EB virus specific IgM. In a school of 800 boys there were 13 cases of infectious mononucleosis in four years.