In spite of the frequency of infectious mononucleosis as a clinical disorder, particularly in the age group of 15 to 25 years, there is a paucity of information regarding the nature of the cause and the routes of transmission of this disease. Many attempts to transmit this disorder in experimental animals inoculated with whole blood, serum, excised lymph nodes, and throat washings from patients...

Mononucleosis and mononucleosis-like illnesses comprise a significant proportion of pediatric and adolescent infectious illnesses. By far, the most common cause of these illnesses is Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, and a distant second is cytomegalovirus, which is the most common cause of mononucleosis-like illnesses. This case provides an interesting juxtaposition of laboratory...