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I have ebv, & yesturday i caught my 1 yr old son drinking water from my plastic cup, sometimes he licks cups. is the trabsmission rate high? im worrie

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No worry unless: By age 8, 50% of kids in the US according to a recent study has EBV. By age 19, about 90% are positive, as determined by antibiody test. Unless your son has a particular immunocompromising condition (had a bone marrow transplant..etc.), I do not think this particular incident should raise any alarm.

Dr Dosanjh and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/28/2015

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