Hepatitis C virus and Epstein-Barr virus: dual infection or atypical antibody response
Gutiérrez, J.; Rodríguez-Iglesias, M.
Microbios 103(404): 65-66
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-2633 PMID: 11034448 Document Number: 517942
Positive serological reactions against hepatitis C virus (HCV) appeared in the course of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infectious mononucleosis. In 429 consecutive patients with high levels of transaminases, 28 patients with EBV primary infection were found. The presence of anti-HCV antibodies and HCV RNA was studied in these subjects. In seven patients anti-HCV antibodies (C33 and C22c RIBA bands) were detected, but all were polymerase chain reaction (PCR) negative. These results may have been due solely to a HCV infection or were an atypical response to HCV in the course of infectious mononucleosis.