Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a common gammaherpesvirus whose initial infection manifests as infectious mononucleosis that is defined as a clinical triad of fever, pharyngitis, and adenopathy. EBV establishes a life-long asymptomatic infection in B cells and can contribute to oncogenesis including Burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and post-transplant B cell lymphomas.
Category
Viral infectious disease
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Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain other viral diseases
1D81 Infectious mononucleosis
H00367 Infectious mononucleosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsDNA viruses
H00367 Infectious mononucleosis
