NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListClinTranslImmunologyv.4(2);2015FebPMC4346501ClinTranslImmunology.2015Feb;4(2):e33.Publishedonline2015Feb27.doi: 10.1038/cti.2015.1PMCID:PMC4346501PMID:25774295InfectiousmononucleosisHenryHBalfour,Jr,1,2,*SamanthaKDunmire,1andKristinAHogquist1HenryHBalfour,Jr1DepartmentofLaboratoryMedicineandPathology,UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,Minneapolis,MN,USA2DepartmentofPediatrics,UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,Minneapolis,MN,USAFindarticlesbyHenryHBalfour,JrSamanthaKDunmire1DepartmentofLaboratoryMedicineandPathology,UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,Minneapolis,MN,USAFindarticlesbySamanthaKDunmireKristinAHogquist1DepartmentofLaboratoryMedicineandPathology,UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,Minneapolis,MN,USAFindarticlesbyKristinAHogquistAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofLaboratoryMedicineandPathology,UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,Minneapolis,MN,USA2DepartmentofPediatrics,UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,Minneapolis,MN,USA*UniversityofMinnesotaMedicalSchool,420DelawareStreetSE,Minneapolis,MN55455-0392,USA.E-mail:ude.nmu@100oflabReceived2014Nov24;Revised2015Jan23;Accepted2015Jan23.Copyright©2015AustralasianSocietyforImmunologyInc.ThisworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution4.0InternationalLicense.Theimagesorotherthirdpartymaterialinthisarticleareincludedinthearticle'sCreativeCommonslicense,unlessindicatedotherwiseinthecreditline;ifthematerialisnotincludedundertheCreativeCommonslicense,userswillneedtoobtainpermissionfromthelicenseholdertoreproducethematerial.Toviewacopyofthislicense,visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Infectiousmononucleosisisaclinicalentitycharacterizedbypharyngitis,cervicallymphnodeenlargement,fatigueandfever,whichresultsmostoftenfromaprimaryEpstein–Barrvirus(EBV)infection.EBV,alymphocr