24, 2025, 7:38 AM ET (News-Medical) cytomegalovirus (CMV), any of several viruses in the herpes family (Herpesviridae), frequently involved in human infection. The virus is so named for the enlarged cells produced by active infections; these cells are characterized by the inclusion of ...
and this provided a laboratory test for the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. The definition of infectious mononucleosis was further refined when a laboratory worker exposed to EBV, which had only recently been discovered and identified as being associated with endemic Burkitt's lymphoma,1developed...