Short Communication, J Diagn Tech Biomed Anal Vol: 5 Issue: 1
Incidence of Infectious Mononucleosis in Universities and U.S. Military Settings
| Yolonda J Williams-Harmon1, Leonard A Jason1,* and Ben Z. Katz2 | |
| 1Yolonda J. Williams-Harmon and Leonard A. Jason are at Center for Community Research, DePaul University, 990 W. Fullerton Ave., Suite 3100, Chicago, USA | |
| 2Ben Z. Katz is at Lurie Children’s Hospital at Northwestern University,Chicago, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Leonard A Jason Center for Community Research, DePaul University, 990 W. Fullerton Ave., Suite 3100, Chicago, USA Tel: 773-325-2018; E-mail: ljason@depaul.edu |
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| Received: October 09, 2014 Accepted: November 19, 2014 Published: November 21, 2014 | |
| Citation: Jason LA, Williams-Harmon YJ (2016) Incidence of Infectious Mononucleosis in Universities and U.S. Military Settings. J Diagn Tech Biomed Anal 5:1. doi:10.4172/2469-5653.1000113 |
Abstract
The reported incidence rates for Infectious Mononucleosis (IM) within universities and military settings vary widely from study to study. Several factors may have contributed to the discrepancy in these incidence rates include misdiagnosis, ambiguity in the reported sample populations, and number of students who visited and were diagnosed at their campus’s health service centers. The current review examines previously reported literature on the incidence rate in universities and military settings of infectious mononucleosis taking into account these possible confounding factors.
