Researchers have discovered a possible path forward in preventing the development of cancers tied to two viruses, including the virus that causes infectious mononucleosis -- more commonly known as ...

A research team has determined how several antibodies induced by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that causes infectious mononucleosis and is associated with certain cancers, block infection of ...

About this issue Abstract Purpose We explored the interaction between non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), infectious mononucleosis (IM) history, and immune-related genotypes in a pooled case–control analysis.

"After decades of surprising indifference, or even resistance, to mounting and compelling evidence that EBV is required to develop MS, the scientific community is finally catching up with such ...

New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Sheppard Pratt Health System shows that people in the study with schizophrenia also have higher levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), ...

New research from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Sheppard Pratt Health System shows that people with schizophrenia also have higher levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infectious mononucleosis in childhood, especially in adolescence, appeared to increase risk for an MS diagnosis, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - No one is sure what causes multiple sclerosis, but a preliminary study out Monday hints that a combination of low sun exposure and the "kissing disease" mononucleosis could ...

For decades, researchers have suspected that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), best known for causing infectious mononucleosis, might also be involved in triggering multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent research ...

Childhood infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is often asymptomatic, while the same infection in adolescents and adults causes infectious mononucleosis (IM). Liisa Selin and colleagues from the ...