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
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsDNA viruses
H00367 Infectious mononucleosis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain other viral diseases
1D81 Infectious mononucleosis
H00367 Infectious mononucleosis
Pathway
hsa05169
Epstein-Barr virus infection
Network
nt06165 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Pathogen
Human herpesvirus 4 (Epstein-Barr virus) [GN:T40079]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D81
ICD-10:
B27.0
MeSH:
D020031 D002051 D007244
MedlinePlus:
000591
Reference
PMID:8380053
Authors
Straus SE, Cohen JI, Tosato G, Meier J
Title
NIH conference. Epstein-Barr virus infections: biology, pathogenesis, and management.
Journal
Ann Intern Med 118:45-58 (1993) DOI:10.7326/0003-4819-118-1-199301010-00009