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A 38-year-old member asked:
Do you carry the epstein-barr virus for the rest of your life?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Anatoly Belilovskyanswered
Pediatrics 37 years experience
Yes.: But so does pretty much every person on earth, without any evidence of ill effects.
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Dr. Donald Mantzanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
EBV (Mono virus) : Yes, this is a virus that is never cleared completely from our bodies. Not everyone gets classic symptoms of infectious mononucleosis. About 80% of college age adults have positive antibodies even though they never had symptoms of mono. Lifelong carriage is true of other viruses also, including herpes (HSV), and chicken pox (HZV). These viruses may reactivated when the immune system is weakened.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
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Last updated Nov 2, 2018
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