Features of the Course of Chronic Epstein-Barr Viral Infection

Abstract

Today, about 85-95 % of the population is infected with EBV, therefore, the study of the nature of clinical and laboratory changes in patients with chronic EBV infection and the characteristics of the disease is an urgent problem of our time. According to the results of the study, it was found that in patients with chronic EBV infection, chronic tonsillitis, chronic fatigue syndrome and peripheral lymphadenopathy were more often observed among the clinical manifestations. In laboratory studies, it was found that patients with chronic EBV infection are characterized by a significant increase in ESR, an increase in the relative content of lymphocytes and monocytes, as well as a decrease in the absolute and relative content of neutrophils compared with the control group of patients, which indicates the presence of a shift in the leukocyte blood count, characteristic of the disease of viral etiology associated with EBV.