Great shot.According to "Good Ex-posure: Contact with babies might lessen MS risk"(SN: 1/29/05, p. 68), exposure to the Epstein-Barr virus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), herpesvirus that is the major cause of infectious mononucleosis and is associated with a number of cancers, particularly lymphomas in immunosuppressed persons, including persons with AIDS. in early life produces only flu-like symptoms but exposure at adolescence or later often results in mononucleosis mononucleosis /mono·nu·cle·o·sis/ (-noo?kle-o´sis) excess of mononuclear leukocytes (monocytes) in the blood. chronic mononucleosis chronic fatigue syndrome. , which is a possible precursor of multiple sclerosis, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), collection of persistent, debilitating symptoms, the most notable of which is severe, lasting fatigue. In other countries it is known variously as myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and . It seems to me that much human misery could be eliminated by developing a vaccine for Epstein-Barr. JANE STEIN, CARNATION, WASH. Scientists are trying several approaches to develop a vaccine for Epstein-Barr virus.--N. SEPPA SEPPA Southeastern Professional Photographers Association SEPPA St Edmund's Past Pupils Association |
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