Journal of Diagnostic Techniques and Biomedical AnalysisISSN: 2469-5653

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Ben Z. Katz Author

Subjects of specialization
 Infectious mononucleosis; Epstein-Barr virus;College students;Incidence of mono

Affiliation
Ben Z. Katz is at Lurie Children

Biography

Ben Z. Katz Ben Z. Katz is at Lurie Children’s Hospital at Northwestern University,Chicago, USA                                                                                            


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Incidence of Infectious Mononucleosis in Universities and U.S. Military Settings

Author(s):

Yolonda J Williams-Harmon, Leonard A Jason, and Ben Z. Katz

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.

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DOI: 10.4172/2469-5653.1000113

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