Yolonda J Williams-Harmon1, Leonard A Jason1, Ben Z Katz2. 1. Center for Community Research, DePaul University, 990 W. Fullerton Ave., Suite 3100, Chicago, USA. 2. Lurie Children's Hospital at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The reported incidence rates for Infectious Mononucleosis (IM) within universities and military settings vary widely from study to study. Several factors may have contributed to the discrepancy in these incidence rates include misdiagnosis, ambiguity in the reported sample populations, and number of students who visited and were diagnosed at their campus's health service centers. The current review examines previously reported literature on the incidence rate in universities and military settings of infectious mononucleosis taking into account these possible confounding factors. METHODS: Articles examined for the literature review were selected by searching several databases within Google Scholar and PubMed. RESULTS: Variance in the incidence rates could be due to differences in the populations studied, true geographic or epidemiologic variation or inconsistent number of students who visited and were diagnosed at their campus's health service centers.
OBJECTIVE: The reported incidence rates for Infectious Mononucleosis (IM) within universities and military settings vary widely from study to study. Several factors may have contributed to the discrepancy in these incidence rates include misdiagnosis, ambiguity in the reported sample populations, and number of students who visited and were diagnosed at their campus's health service centers. The current review examines previously reported literature on the incidence rate in universities and military settings of infectious mononucleosis taking into account these possible confounding factors. METHODS: Articles examined for the literature review were selected by searching several databases within Google Scholar and PubMed. RESULTS: Variance in the incidence rates could be due to differences in the populations studied, true geographic or epidemiologic variation or inconsistent number of students who visited and were diagnosed at their campus's health service centers.
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College students; Epstein-Barr virus; Incidence of mono; Infectious mononucleosis
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