Epstein-Barr Virus analyzes EBV infection and all of its associated disorders including infectious mononucleosis, Burkitt lymphoma, and Hodgkin's disease.

Features:

• Discusses the most recent molecular diagnostic and treatment strategies including monoclonal antibodies and immune-based therapeutics
• Reviews the serologic and molecular diagnostics of various EBV disease manifestations
• Details EBV disease in vulnerable populations, such as transplant and HIV-infected patients
• Contains a broad survey of the neurological complications of EBV infection including encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, demyelinating polyneuropathy, psychosis, and autonomic neuropathy
• Presents an up-to-date and critical examination of all of the EBV-related cancers
• Describes vaccine-based strategies for the prevention of EBV disease

Contents

1. The History of Epstein-Barr Virus
2. Virology and Molecular Biology of Epstein-Barr Virus
3. Epidemiology of the Epstein-Barr Virus and Infectious Mononucleosis
4. Pathology of Primary and Persistent EBV Infection
5. The Immune Response to Epstein-Barr Virus
6. Clinical Features of Infectious Mononucleosis
7. Epstein-Barr Virus Disease: Serologic and Virologic Diagnosis
8. Epstein-Barr Virus and the Nervous System
9. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in AIDS
10. Burkitt's Lymphoma
11. Hodgkin's Disease
12. Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease
13. T-cell Lymphomas Associated with EBV
14. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
15. Leiomyosarcoma
16. X-linked lymphoproliferative Syndrome
17. Diseases Possibly Associated with EBV
18. Treatment of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
19. Development of Epstein-Barr Virus Vaccines

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