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What is a reactivation of epstein barr?
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EBV: A deactivation of ebv means the virus which has been dormant in your body is replicating and causing symptoms of the viral infection.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Ebv: Most reactivations of ebv are asymptomatic with excretion of the virus in saliva. That is why one rarely knows who the virus came from.
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