EBV: Like all herpes viruses this remains through your entire life, and there are episodes during which symptomatic recurrences happen, although uncommonly. Interpretation of the serology reports are not easy outside of the clinical presentation of the patient. Ebv infection can also be the precursor (cause?) of numerous malignancies, usually in immune suppressed individuals. See an id doctor.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: Your antibody panel indicates past infection with epstein-barr virus the cause of mononucleosis. In an acute infection the vca-igm should be positive and yours is negative. The positive ebv-nuclear antibody indicates your initial infection was more than several months ago as this antibody doesn't turn positive until several months after primary infection.
Answered 7/18/2014
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