Mononucleosis (mono) is a clinical syndrome that usually results from infection with the Epstein Barr virus (EBV). Classic symptoms are a sore throat and swollen lymph nodes especially in the neck.

INFECTIOUS mononucleosis, or glandular fever, was first described in 1889 by Pfeiffer. 1 The earliest report on the subject in this country was that by West 2 in 1896. The hematologic aspects of the ...

This apparent change from an epidemic to a sporadic or endemic disease suggests either that the contagiousness of infectious mononucleosis as now encountered is low or that the disease may occur in ...