Can a person have mononucleosis more than once? Will monospot or heterophile antibody tests stay positive for life? — David Cooper, PA-C, Fayetteville, Pa. Mononucleosis is caused by Epstein ...

Last year, at age 19, Devyn Carr was diagnosed with mononucleosis, a viral illness caused by the common virus Epstein-Barr. While most patients get over mononucleosis, nicknamed 'mono' or ...

This apparent change from an epidemic to a sporadic or endemic disease suggests either that the contagiousness of infectious mononucleosis as now encountered is low or that the disease may occur ...