2012-09-18, 09:17 AM
Eos Wrote:I think you're thinking chicken pox, I've been told it's possible to reinfect and that the latent virus can resurface.
Unlikely I think, but not impossible.
Source: HB Jenson, In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 15th edition, edited by RE Behrman, RM Kliegman, & AM Arvin, WB Saunders Company, Phila., 1996.' Wrote:The current lab testing for mono is a blood test that is not actually measuring the amount of virus in the blood, but is detecting the antibodies in the blood that are directed against this virus. These antibodies can remain in the blood virtually for a lifetime. This does get confusing both for doctors and patients, leading to errant diagnoses of second, third, or forth infections.