Evidence increasingly suggests that infections play a critical role in triggering or exacerbating many chronic ...

Scientists in Sweden have taken an important step forward in understanding how a very common virus, called Epstein-Barr virus ...

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

A Michigan college student was diagnosed with three incurable diseases after catching a common 'kissing virus.' Last year, at age 19, Devyn Carr was diagnosed with mononucleosis, a viral illness ...

Persistent Epstein-Barr virus DNA or its resurgence during treatment was associated with worse survival in patients with ...

The Breakthrough Prizes have been awarded annually since 2013 to recognize accomplishments in fundamental physics, ...

a viral illness caused by the common virus Epstein-Barr. While most patients get over mononucleosis, nicknamed 'mono' or 'kissing disease' because you contract it through kissing or saliva ...

The risk of MS is significantly higher in people with a specific gene variant called HLA-E*01:01 and a history of mono, a ...

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) linked to COVID-19 is associated with reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), leading to an altered immune response, according to a study ...

The disease gets more frequent when you move away from ... The biggest challenge was finding a large enough EBV-negative population, given the virus’s high prevalence. In 2000, he partnered with the ...