Chronic active EBV infection | |
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Other names | CAEBV |
Symptoms | Fever, Hepatitis, Spleen enlargement[1] |
Causes | Rare complication of Epstein–Barr virus infection [1] |
Treatment | Allogenic haematopoietic stem cell transplant[1] |
Chronic active EBV infection or in its expanded form, chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection is a very rare and often fatal complication of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection that most often occurs in children or adolescents of Asian or South American lineage, although cases in Hispanics, Europeans and Africans have been reported.[1] It is classified as one of the Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases (i.e. EBV+ LPD).[2]