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Can a 1 year-old baby contract mono from 24 hours of contact with an infected person?
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INFECTIOUS MONO: Incubation period is about 30 -50 days, first sx is fatigue, then fever, pharyngitis and symmetric adenopathy. Mono test is positive. Your swollen jaw glands should be differentiated with other conditions causing adenopathy.
Answered 2/22/2013
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Yes and no: It is not as easily spread as some illnesses & requires some contact with oral secretions. But such contact could spread the illness. The incubation is a bit prolonged .Mono in infancy is often much milder than teens or adults & often passes as a simple viral flu like illness. Mono tests are often not dependable within the first month of the illness but a CBC will often suggest it.
Answered 6/10/2014
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