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Can you carry the ebv virus without ever getting sick from it?
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EBV and health: Most adult people have been infected with ebv at some point in their life. Therefore, it is very common to find antibodies to the virus, evidence of past infection. Actually carrying the virus is very rare and is associated with a rare form of lymphoma (lymph node cancer).
Answered 6/26/2020
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