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Social class and infectious mononucleosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

F. J. Nye
F. J. Nye
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases Unit, St. George's Hospital, London, S. W. 17
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The socio-economic status of 80 patients with infectious mononucleosis was compared with the socio-economic distribution of the general population in the same area of south-west London. An excess incidence of infectious mononucleosis was observed among subjects from upper socio-economic groups. A possible relationship between this observation and the epidemiology of the Epstein—Barr virus is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 1973 , pp. 145 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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