Open AccessPediatric Epstein‐Barr Virus Carriers With or Without Tonsillar Enlargement May Substantially Contribute to Spreading of the Virus
Author(s) -
Martina Hug,
Marcus Dorner,
Franziska Zucol Fröhlich,
Claudine Gysin,
Diego Neuhaus,
David Nadal,
Christoph Berger
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/656335
Subject(s) - virus , virology , epstein–barr virus , biology , medicine
Human-to-human transmission of the persistent infection establishing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) occurs via saliva. Tonsils act as important portal of entry and exit of EBV. The contagiousness of pediatric EBV carriers and the role played by tonsillar enlargement (TE) are not known.
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