title: Acute progressive Epstein-Barr virus infections.
abstract: A few Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections result in progressive, potentially fatal disease. Nearly all of these progressive EBV infections occur in individuals known or suspected to be immunodeficient. Diagnosis and treatment are difficult.
authors.affiliation: Medical Virology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Straus
mesh_terms: D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy