Primary infection ... Epstein–Barr virus (EBV or HHV-4), cytomegalovirus (CMV or HHV-5), HHV-6, HHV-7, and HHV-8. A characteristic feature of all herpesviruses is their ability to become latent ...

a disease with flu-like symptoms caused by EBV infection. Latent EBV infection has been shown to cause certain conditions ...

People who are infected with EBV in their teenage years can develop glandular fever, also known as "kissing disease". The virus then remains in a latent condition in the body. The EBV virus may ...

Merck & Co has entered into a worldwide licensing deal with Opko Health’s ModeX Therapeutics unit for a vaccine candidate against Epstein-Barr virus ... infection, the virus becomes latent ...